{"id":286936,"date":"2025-10-08T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286936\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:22:09","slug":"festival-chapin-de-los-angeles-honors-guatemalan-culture-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/286936\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Chapin de Los Angeles honors Guatemalan culture \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guatemala\u2019s culture and it\u2019s Mayan ancestry will be celebrated this weekend in a lively festival that\u2019s expected to attract thousands to Lafayette Park in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The ninth annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2024\/08\/25\/festival-chapin-los-angeles-celebrated-guatemalan-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Festival Chapin de Los Angeles<\/a>, which is marketed as the largest Guatemalan festival outside of Guatemala, returns Oct. 11-12 and will span a seven-block stretch of Lafayette Park.<\/p>\n<p>The festival was first scheduled for August but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/07\/15\/la-guatemalan-festival-postponed-over-immigration-enforcement-concern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was postponed<\/a> because of concerns over recent federal immigration enforcement activity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a celebration of everything we love about our culture and our roots and we\u2019re happy to celebrate,\u201d said Walter Martinez, founder of Festival Chapin de Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/tag\/free-and-cheap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free event<\/a> is named Festival Chapin because the word is used by Guatemalans to describe their ethnic origins that date back to the Mayan civilization that thrived in what is now Guatemala in Central America.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The ninth annual Festival Chapin de Los Angeles returns Oct. 11-12 and will span a seven-block stretch of\u00a0 Lafayette Park, (Photo courtesy Festival Chapin)\" width=\"1599\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LDN-L-CHAPIN-1010-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"11172329\" \/>The ninth annual Festival Chapin de Los Angeles returns Oct. 11-12 and will span a seven-block stretch of\u00a0 Lafayette Park, (Photo courtesy Festival Chapin)<\/p>\n<p>Those origins will be observed with traditional food served at the festival including garnachas, a dish similar to a Mexican sope, and hilachas, a traditional shredded stewed meat plate. People will also get a chance to try chicken pepi\u00e1n. It\u2019s considered the national dish of Guatemala and is made with tender chicken pieces in lightly-spiced tomato, toasted pumpkin seed and chile sauce. Festival-goers can also try shucos, which are Guatemalan hot dogs with toppings like\u00a0 guacamole, sauces, sliced cabbage and sometimes other meats like chorizo.<\/p>\n<p>Music will be on hand so people can expect to see traditional dance groups, live marimba and cumbia performances and some rock via a set by Alux Nahual, one of Guatemala\u2019s oldest and best known rock bands.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The ninth annual Festival Chapin de Los Angeles returns Oct. 11-12 and will span a seven-block stretch of\u00a0 Lafayette Park, (Photo courtesy Festival Chapin)\" width=\"480\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LDN-L-CHAPIN-1010-02-rotated-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"11172330\" \/>The ninth annual Festival Chapin de Los Angeles returns Oct. 11-12 and will span a seven-block stretch of\u00a0 Lafayette Park, (Photo courtesy Festival Chapin)<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the festivities will be a craft market selling traditional colorful clothes, footwear, pottery and jewelry made by Guatemalan artisans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who are not Guatemalan they can learn and experience our culture and our people,\u201d Martinez said.<\/p>\n<p>Festival Chapin de Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11-Sunday, Oct. 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Lafayette Park, 625 S. Lafayette Park Place, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> Free to enter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/festivalchapin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.festivalchapin.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: October 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guatemala\u2019s culture and it\u2019s Mayan ancestry will be celebrated this weekend in a lively festival that\u2019s expected to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":286937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,12514,132238,2961,224,6080,5337,1072],"class_list":{"0":"post-286936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-diversity","11":"tag-free-and-cheap","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-county","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-things-to-do"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115339470561700492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}