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Dry fish in Guatemalan Lent: High demand promotes sales despite high costs
During Lent, Guatemalan families seek in the markets the traditional dry fish, despite the high cost that this product records.
The price of the pound of dry fish ranges between Q55 and Q100. (Free press photo: direct impact)
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Although the price of dry fish has increased this year, Guatemalans go to markets to acquire it and taste it at this time of Lent and Holy Week.
Graciela Quiñónez, a buyer in the South Market II, in Zone 1 capital, said that because it is a special date, it does not matter paying the high price of the product.
Mauricio Santizo indicated that every year he looks for dry fish, since it is a family tradition to prepare a dish of the season.
In the Southern Market II, the dry fish pound costs between Q55 and Q100, depending on the type of fish.
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