Hva som skjer i Ouro Preto, Brazil gjennom året

Travelt — Summer holidays i Brazil, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Rainy season landslides (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Carnival in the republics, Summer holidays i Brazil

• Festival

  Carnival in the republics

  5. feb – 5. mar · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  The student republics open their doors and the blocos haul themselves up the cobbles for five days. The hills are the hard part, and every bed in the centre goes a year ahead. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Rainy season landslides (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Carnival in the republics, Semana Santa sawdust carpets

• Festival

  Semana Santa sawdust carpets

  20. mar – 25. apr · vanligvisPåske og stillehelgMye folk

  Residents lay coloured sawdust down the slopes through the small hours of Holy Saturday, and the Resurrection procession walks over the lot on Sunday morning. The council supplies the sawdust by the tonne. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Carnival in the republics (5. feb – 5. mar (vanligvis)), Rainy season landslides (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana Santa sawdust carpets, Tiradentes day

• Helligdag

  Tiradentes day

  21. aprNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  The national holiday on 21 April commemorates the conspirator hanged for a plot hatched in these streets, and the town it belongs to is where Minas comes to mark it. A long weekend when it falls right. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa sawdust carpets (20. mar – 25. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Festival

  Corpus Christi sawdust carpets

  3.–4. junReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Overnight before the Thursday procession residents cover about three kilometres of the old streets with carpets of coloured sawdust, coffee grounds and flowers. Walk the route before dawn, before the procession passes over them. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Corpus Christi sawdust carpets, CineOP film festival

• Festival

  CineOP film festival

  25.–30. junMye folk

  A free festival of Brazilian cinema focused on film heritage and preservation, with screenings, debates and a June-party atmosphere spread across the historic centre. Rooms in the historic centre are scarcer than usual that week. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Corpus Christi sawdust carpets (3.–4. jun)

Travelt — July winter break i Brazil, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Festival de Inverno

  1.–31. jul · vanligvisKunstfestival

  The winter festival spreads concerts, workshops, theatre and exhibitions across Ouro Preto and Mariana for most of July, timed with the town's birthday on the 8th. Evenings are cold at this altitude. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: CineOP film festival (25.–30. jun)

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Travelt — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Travelt — Festa do Doze

• Festival

  Festa do Doze

  9.–13. okt · vanligvisStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  The School of Mines celebrates its 1876 founding on 12 October, when alumni pour back into the student republics. The balls and republic parties are invitation-only, but the town is full and loud and beds are hard to find. Kilde ↗

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Travelt — Summer holidays i Brazil, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Rainy season landslides

  1. des – 31. mar · vanligvisSkredsesong i bratt terreng

  Heavy summer rain on the steep hillsides brings landslides; in January 2022 one on Morro da Forca brought down historic mansions. The civil defence contingency plan runs December to March, and some streets are closed after downpours. Kilde ↗