In Central America sawdust carpets are made for a religious procession to walk on but two noted events that feature them are found in the community of León, Nicaragua and Antigua, Guatemala, both of which are used during holy week or semana santa. In León The Sutiaba or Ocanxiu are an indigenous community that makes carpets on what is called Calle de Las Alfombras with each section taking about 5 to 6 hours with 2 to 6 people working on it depending on the complexity.
Carpets in Antigua are famous for mixing catholic and indigenous imagery and generally are made using molds with allegoric designs, religious symbols, geometric shapes, and floral designs with entire families working together using sawdust, pine needles, fruit, flowers, colored earth, ashes, sand and cut paper.
