Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead

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Juan and his brothers work together to create a kite, or barrilete, to fly over the cemetery in honor of their recently deceased grandfather during the annual Day of the Dead celebration in the Guatemalan village of Santiago Sacatepequez.

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