LATINAMERICA FESTIVAL CALENDAR
| January |
| National holiday |
1 |
| Ambato (Tungurahua) - Epiphany |
6 |
| February |
Mira (Carchi)
Charity Virgin Festivity, dances, ball games
fireworks, jump of the bonfire |
1 |
Amazon & Galapagos Day
Amazon´s River discovery anniversary. Civic events |
12 |
| Civicism & National Unity Day |
27 |
| March |
Atuntaqui (Imbabura)
Representation of the Via Crucis (Calvary) in the
Good Friday’s night |
3 |
Gualaceo (Azuay)
The Peach Festival , fruit and flower exposition,
raft in the Santa Barbara river |
4 |
| Saraguro (Loja) Fruit festivity |
30 |
| January |
| New Year |
1 |
| Alasitas (La Paz) |
24 |
| February |
| Virgen de la Candelaria (Copacabana) |
2 |
Carnaval and La Diablada (Oruro La Paz and
other locations) |
February or March |
| Carnaval (Santa Cruz) |
February or March |
| Local Holiday (Oruro) |
22 |
| March |
| Good Friday and Easter |
March or April |
| Phuyllay (Tarabuco) |
Second Sunday in March |
| January |
| New Year’s Day |
1 |
| San José: Copa del Café. |
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Santa Cruz, Guanacaste:
Santo Cristo de Esquipulas.
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| February |
Buenos Aires in the Southern Zone:
Fiesta of the Diablitos. |
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| March |
San Antonio de Escazú:
Día del Boyero (Ox-Cart Driver’s Day) |
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San José:
National Orchid Show International Arts Festival
Carrera de la Paz (marathon attracts as many as a thousand runners) |
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Ujarrás:
Fiesta of the Virgin de Ujarrás, religious procesión |
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| January |
| Emancipation Day (African-American, United States) |
1 |
| Feast of St. Basil (Christian, Orthodox) |
1 |
| Japanese New Year (Japan) |
1 |
| Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikh) |
5 |
| Epiphany (Christian) |
6 |
| Three Kings' Day (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) |
6 |
| The Nativity of Jesus Christ (Christian, Orthodox) |
7 |
| Eid al-Adha (Islamic, Muslim) |
10 |
| Lohri (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh) |
13 |
| World Religion Day (Baha'i) |
15 |
| India Republic Day |
26 |
Chinese Lunar New Year (China, Korea, Taiwan,
Vietnam) |
29 |
| Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam) |
29 |
| Al Hijra - Muslim New Year |
31 |
| February |
| Black History Month (African-American) |
1 |
| Candlemas (Christian) |
2 |
| Imbolc (Wiccan) |
2 |
Anniversary of the Constitution - Mexican
Independence Day (Mexico) |
5 |
| Ashura (Islamic, Muslim) |
9 |
| Lantern Festival (Taiwan) |
12 |
| Tu b'Shvat or Tu B'Shevat* (Jewish, Israel) |
13 |
| Flag Day (Mexico) |
24 |
| Mardi Gras (United States) |
28 |
| January |
New Years Day and Liberation Day. Anniversary
of the Triumph of the Revolution |
1 |
| Epiphany |
3 |
| wise men |
3 |
| The Havana International Book Fair |
Jan - feb |
| February |
| The Cigar Festival |
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| March |
| Holy Week - Easter |
March - Apil |
San José de la Montaña
celebrated in the Paraíso area |
19 |
| January |
| New Year |
1 |
| Festa de Iemanjá |
1 |
| Procissão de Senhor Bom Jesus dos Navegantes |
1 |
| Folia de Reis |
1 - 20 |
| Epiphany |
6 |
| Lavagem do Bonfim |
Second Thursday |
| Senhor Bom Jesus dos Navegantes |
Second Sunday |
| NS de Nazaré |
24 - Feb 2 |
| February |
| Festa de Iemanjá |
2 |
| Grande Vaquejada do Nordeste |
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| Lavagem da Igreja de Itapoã |
February or March |
| Shrove Tuesday |
February or March |
| Carnaval |
February or March |
| March |
| Good Friday and Easter |
March or April |
| January |
| New Year’s Day |
1 |
Martyrs’ Day
|
9 |
| February |
| Carnival |
Last Weekend |
| Ash Wednesday |
25 |
| March / April |
| Holy Thursday |
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| Good Friday |
|
| Easter Monday |
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| May |
| Labour Day |
1 |
| January |
| Catholic Pilgrimage to Esquipulas |
1 - 15 |
| February |
| Celebrations for Candelaria Virgin in Suchitepéquez |
1 - 12 |
| March |
| Regional Holiday in Morales, Izabal |
15 - 21 |
| Easter week |
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| April |
| Easter week |
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| May |
All month: Regional holiday to the "Sacre coeur"
in Comitancillo, San Marcos |
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| Regional holiday in Amatitlán |
1 - 7 |
Celebrations and processions of Virgin Mary
on the Lake |
3 |
| January |
| New Year |
1 |
| February |
| Virgen de la Candelaria |
2 |
| Carnaval |
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| March |
| Semana Santa |
March or April |
| April |
| Declaration of Independence |
19 |
| May |
| Día de los trabajadores |
1 |
| La Cruz de Mayo |
May or June |
| Los Diablos Danzante on Corpus Cristi |
May or June |
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Languages
 English
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Weather Information
PERU
Cusco - Peru
 Lima - Peru
ARGENTINA
 Buenos Aires - Argentina
 Bariloche - Argentina
CHILE
 Santigo - Chile
 Antofagasta - Chile
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