O que acontece em Tilcara, Argentina, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Enero Tilcareño, Christmas and New Year

• Risco

  Summer mudslides on the RN 9

  1 Jan – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de deslizamentosFechamentos

  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 JanGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Christmas and New Year (24 Dez – 1 Jan)

Lotação máxima — Carnaval and the devil, Summer holidays em Argentina

• Festival

  Carnaval and the devil

  1 Fev – 10 Mar · normalmenteCarnavalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 Jan – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Carnaval and the devil, Punta Corral pilgrimage

• Feriado

  Semana Santa

  2–5 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de peregrinaçãoLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 Jan – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Carnaval and the devil (1 Fev – 10 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Semana Santa, Punta Corral pilgrimage

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Semana Santa (2–5 Abr), Punta Corral pilgrimage (16 Mar – 21 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em maio.

Movimentado — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos melhores meses em clima

• Festival

  Inti Raymi at Huacalera

  20–21 JunGrande 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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess em Argentina

• Temporada

  Argentine winter holidays

  5 Jul – 5 Ago · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Movimentado — 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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Argentine winter holidays (5 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Movimentado — Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes

  12–26 SetGrande festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• 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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays em Argentina

• Feriado

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dez – 1 JanNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentos

  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 ↗