Expocruz International Fair (The last 2 weeks of September) It is held in the booming city of Santa Cruz, a thriving metropolis of nearly 1.5 million people and the vanguard of Bolivia’s economic expansion. The boom in Santa Cruz is partly attributed to farming, natural gas and commerce with Brazil and Argentina. Santa Cruz is […]
Held in the town of San Ignacio de Moxos in the department of Beni
It is the most important and colorful festival in the Bolivian Amazon
Chutillos Feast (Last weekend of August) Also known as fiesta de San Bartolomé, it is held in Potosí in the nearby village of La Puerta. A classic blend of Catholic and indigenous traditions feast blended to a point where they are indistinguishable from one another. It is the celebration of Saint Bartolome victory over Umphumuna, […]
The Jesuit Missions, considered one of Bolivia’s and the world’s greatest cultural treasures (UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage of Mankind) are located in the Chiquitania, a tropical region northeast of the city of Santa Cruz.
The Aymaras, Bolivia’s largest ethnic group, celebrate every year the beginning of a new year in Tiwanaku, during the southern hemisphere winter’s solstice.
Since South American indigenous cultures have the winter solstice as the conception of the beginning of a new cycle of life, Aymara, Quechua (Inca), Likan Antai, Rapa Nui and Mapuche cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year with spiritual ceremonies.
It is the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia, has been declared Oral and Intangible Heritage of Mankind by UNESCO. It is an extraordinary expression of the religious and cultural syncretism with thousands of dancers and musicians who show their devotion to the Socabon Virgin.
Held in the small town tours of Tarabuco, near Sucre, Pujllay is a rural festival featuring music, dance, costumes, food, has remained very authentic.
It is the liveliest and most massive event in La Paz where music and dance are similar to those of the Oruro Carnival. This huge event with tens of thousands of people, takes over the city center of La Paz
The Ekeko is represented nowadays as a smiling human figure loaded with various household produce, food and a cigarette dangling from his lower lip; believers say that this statue brings good luck, only if received as a gift.