Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Tilcara, Argentinië

Topdrukte — Enero Tilcareño, Christmas and New Year

• Risico

  Summer mudslides on the RN 9

  1 jan – 31 mrt · meestalAardverschuivingsseizoenSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Enero Tilcareño

  7–31 janGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Topdrukte — Carnaval and the devil, Summer holidays in Argentinië

• Festival

  Carnaval and the devil

  1 feb – 10 mrt · meestalCarnavalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Carnaval and the devil, Punta Corral pilgrimage

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  2–5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Punta Corral pilgrimage

  16 mrt – 21 apr · meestalBedevaartseizoenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)), Carnaval and the devil (1 feb – 10 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Semana Santa, Punta Corral pilgrimage

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa (2–5 apr), Punta Corral pilgrimage (16 mrt – 21 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Inti Raymi at Huacalera

  20–21 junGroot festival

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess in Argentinië

• Seizoen

  Argentine winter holidays

  5 jul – 5 aug · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Argentine winter holidays

• Festival

  Día de la Pachamama

  1 augReligieus feest

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Argentine winter holidays (5 jul – 5 aug (meestal))

Druk — Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes

  12–26 sepGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Festival

  Dia de las Almas

  1–2 novReligieus feest

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays in Argentinië

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗