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It’s no secret that Latin Americans love themselves a good paaartay, with the continent’s yearly calendar filled with more events than days. Their love of a good time is, indeed, the stuff of legends, yet what’s even more endearing is their fervent desire to drag even the most reluctant of spectators to come along for the ride and celebrate the best festivals in Latin America. As a mere visitor to Latin America, you can learn to samba with the best dance schools in Rio de Janeiro, pay your respects to the dead in Mexico, eat with unabashed abandon in Peru and try to appease the Sun god in the high Andes, all the while having the absolute time of your life.
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For more information on other famous Latin American celebrations click the link below:
https://www.latam.com/vamos/en_au/articles/latam-list/ten-popular-festivals-in-latin-america/
Widely considered ‘the best party in the world’, the Rio Carnival festival in Latin America is a 2-week long feast for all the senses with nightly street fiestas (called blocos) and samba dance competitions culminating in four days of sensational partying in the city’s famous Sambadrome Stadium. Traditionally, the festival was meant to celebrate the beginning of the Catholic Lent — the 40-day period before Easter when believers abstain from meat and general reveling — although the original meaning of this fiesta was somehow lost between the mountains of feathers, sequined costumes and free-flowing caipirinhas. The whole city (which is exuberant at any time of year) simply explodes into fiesta-action! Head to just about any suburb in Rio and you’ll come across samba street performances, endless rows of food and cocktail stalls, non-stop music blaring and arguably the happiest vibes in the world. The dance final, held in the Sambadrome, showcases a magnificent collection of outrageous floats, sexy regalia and out-of-this-world dancing. Join a samba school a few weeks beforehand and you too could be part of the action. Held towards the end of February/beginning of March each year, the Rio Carnival festival in Latin America is a mind-blowing cultural experience no visitor should miss.
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Join us and discover all about the many celebrations and special events held yearly all over Latin America!
Mexico
Cinco De Mayo
Argentina
Malvinas Day
Bolivia
Feast of the Virgen of Urkupina
Chile
Independence Day
Colombia
Simon Bolivar Birthday
Costa Rica
National Heroes Day
Nicaragua
Liberation Day
Panama
Flag Day
Argentina
Independence Day: July 9
Malvinas Day:
April 2
Flag Day: June 20
Día de la Revolución: May 25
Bolivia
Independence Day: August 6
Feast of the Virgen de Urkupiña:
August 14
Chile
Independence Day: September 18
Colombia
Independence Day: July 20
Simón Bolívar Birthday: July 24
Batalla de Boyacá: August 7
Costa Rica
Independence Day: September 15
National Heroes Day: April 11
Cuba
Independence Day: May 20
The Dominican Republic
Independence Day: February 27
Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia:
January 21
Juán Pablo Duarte birthday: January 26
Ecuador
Independence Day: August 10
El Salvador
Independence Day: September 15
Guatemala
Independence Day: September 15
Anniversary of the 1944 Revolution: October 20
Honduras
Independence Day: September 15
México
Independence Day: September 16
Mexican Anniversary of the Constitution: February 5
La Batalla de Puebla (Cinco de Mayo) May 5
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe: December 12
Nicaragua
Independence Day: September 15
Liberation Day: June 18
Panama
Independence Day: November 3
Flag Day: November 4
Paraguay
Independence Day: May 15
Perú
Independence Day: July 28 & 29
Puerto Rico
Las Fiestas Patronales: August
Spain
Independence Day: October 12
King’s Day: June 24
Venezuela
Independence Day: July 5
Uruguay
Independence Day: August 25
Other Latin American Holidays
April 14: Pan American Day, celebrated throughout Central & South America.
October 12: Día de La Raza, celebrated throughout Latin America.
November 2: Día de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead, celebrated in these Latin American countries: México, Guatemala, Ecuador, Brasil, El Salvador.
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