Cosa c'è in programma a Tilcara (Argentina) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Enero Tilcareño, Christmas and New Year

• Rischio

  Summer mudslides on the RN 9

  1 gen – 31 mar · di solitoStagione delle franeChiusure

  Summer storms send mud and rock down the side gullies onto the valley road, locally called volcanes, cutting the RN 9 at Volcán or Tumbaya for hours or days. Leave slack in any schedule for the drive up. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Enero Tilcareño

  7–31 genGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  A month of folklore stages, gaucho pialada contests and dances in the municipal hall, running since 1957. It is the reason January is the one month the Quebrada's small hotels are genuinely full. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Christmas and New Year (24 dic – 1 gen)

Folla al massimo — Carnaval and the devil, Summer holidays in Argentina

• Festival

  Carnaval and the devil

  1 feb – 10 mar · di solitoCarnevaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  A horned figure is dug out of a mound on the opening Saturday and buried again nine days later; in between the comparsas move through town throwing flour and talc. Beds go months ahead. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 gen – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Carnaval and the devil, Punta Corral pilgrimage

• Festività

  Semana Santa

  2–5 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoPrenota prestoChiusure

  Holy Thursday and Good Friday make one of the year's biggest long weekends. Banks and public offices close, long-distance buses and domestic flights sell out, and hotels in popular towns fill at higher rates, so book ahead. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Punta Corral pilgrimage

  16 mar – 21 apr · di solitoStagione dei pellegrinaggiAffollato

  In Holy Week thousands climb from Tilcara to the Virgin's sanctuary in the high pass, led by sikuri bands of cane flutes and drums, and bring her down into town on the Wednesday to a packed plaza. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 gen – 31 mar (di solito)), Carnaval and the devil (1 feb – 10 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Semana Santa, Punta Corral pilgrimage

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Semana Santa (2–5 apr), Punta Corral pilgrimage (16 mar – 21 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Affollato — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

• Festival

  Inti Raymi at Huacalera

  20–21 giuGrande festa

  Indigenous communities keep a night vigil on the winter solstice at Huacalera, 17 km north on the Tropic of Capricorn, and greet the sunrise of the Andean new year with offerings, sikuris and erke horns. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess in Argentina

• Stagione

  Argentine winter holidays

  5 lug – 5 ago · di solitoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  The Quebrada is the most booked region in the province over the July break, with Tilcara near full. Craft market stalls and peñas are at their busiest; so are the queues for Garganta del Diablo and the Pucará. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Argentine winter holidays

• Festival

  Día de la Pachamama

  1 agoFesta religiosa

  On the first of August households open a hole in the ground and feed it — food, coca, alcohol — before anyone eats. It is a domestic thing rather than a show, and most of the Quebrada does it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Argentine winter holidays (5 lug – 5 ago (di solito))

Affollato — Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes

  12–26 setGrande festaAffollato

  San Salvador de Jujuy, about 85 km south, spends two September weeks on student float parades that run late into the night. Jujuy's schools close for part of the week. Fonte ↗

Media stagione — un mese nella media

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Festival

  Dia de las Almas

  1–2 novFesta religiosa

  Families set tables of offerings for returning souls, draped black for the recently dead and white for children, stacked with bread figures baked in mud ovens, and neighbours are welcomed in to share. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays in Argentina

• Festività

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  Argentines celebrate at midnight on 24 and 31 December with family dinners and fireworks. Shops close early on those evenings, and on 25 December and 1 January almost everything is shut, including many restaurants. Fonte ↗