{"id":334,"date":"2023-09-15T22:39:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/okotecandles.unikogt.com\/?page_id=334"},"modified":"2025-06-21T00:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T00:24:56","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/okotecandles.com\/en\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR STORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_757873065\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1300px\" id=\"row-283923141\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1545165720\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1498651115\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><strong>Guatemala,<br \/>land of volcanoes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1498651115 {\n  font-size: 2rem;\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-1498651115 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-507392813\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-507392813 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-957035490\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-957035490 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1543678868\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1543678868 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-637887410\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-637887410 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_757873065 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  min-height: 600px;\n}\n#section_757873065 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/okotecandles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image1-scaled.jpeg);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1880244330\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1880244330 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-29285959\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-29285959 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-right\"  id=\"row-1666556300\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1631126381\" class=\"col medium-2 small-12 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-164645169\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill\"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-164645169 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#banner-164645169 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/okotecandles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/icono-blk-800x800.png);\n}\n#banner-164645169 .bg {\n  background-position: 95% 99%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-164645169 {\n    padding-top: 170px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-986101180\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4180035070\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal !msorm;\"><strong>About us:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>Okote Candles was created by its partners based on number three, a number that has been with us through our  lives. Always present in our decisions an unexpected situations, a magical number.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4180035070 {\n  text-align: left;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-986101180 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0;\n  margin: - 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-986101180 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;\n    margin: -260px 0px 0px 0px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-986101180 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 100px 0px 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1372104231\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-378658189\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-378658189 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1000941454\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-548167170 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1236828193\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1236828193 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1228302284 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1687459657\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1300px\" id=\"row-1238801809\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1886790233\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1831067332\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h3>Tradition<\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1831067332 {\n  font-size: 1.75rem;\n  text-align: left;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-1831067332 {\n    font-size: 1.25rem;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-1831067332 {\n    font-size: 1.5rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Our company works with a local chain of Artisans and suppliers with the objective to keep alive our traditional forms of working  in Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/okotecandles.com\/en\/shop\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button secondary is-underline\"  >\n    <span>Shop now<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1886790233 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-526555686\" class=\"col medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1681016945\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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