På gång i San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina under året

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays i Argentina

• Risk

  Summer landslides in the Quebrada

  1 jan – 31 mar · vanligtvisJordskredssäsong

  Summer storms send mud and rockslides across Ruta 9 near Volcan and Tunalito and Ruta 52 at the Cuesta de Lipan, cutting access to Purmamarca, Tilcara and Humahuaca for hours or days. Check road reports before a day trip. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Mest folk — Carnaval jujeño, Summer holidays i Argentina

• Festival

  Carnaval jujeño

  1 feb – 5 mar · vanligtvisKarnevalTrångt

  The city empties up the Quebrada for the nine days between the unearthing of the devil and its burial. What stays behind is neighbourhood comparsas, brass bands and a great deal of flour. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Summer landslides in the Quebrada (1 jan – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnaval jujeño, Punta Corral pilgrimage

• Festival

  Punta Corral pilgrimage

  10 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisPilgrimssäsongTrångt

  In the week before Easter, tens of thousands climb to the mountain shrine above Tumbaya and Tilcara and walk the Virgin down with brass bands; she reaches Tumbaya on Palm Sunday and Tilcara on Holy Wednesday. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  2–5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Summer landslides in the Quebrada (1 jan – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Carnaval jujeño (1 feb – 5 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Punta Corral pilgrimage, Semana Santa

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Punta Corral pilgrimage (10 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis)), Semana Santa (2–5 apr)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Inti Raymi, the Andean New Year

  20–21 junStor festival

  Indigenous communities greet the winter solstice with offerings to the sun at dawn on 21 June; the best-known ceremony is at Huacalera on the Tropic of Capricorn, about two hours up the Quebrada. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess i Argentina

• Säsong

  Argentine winter holidays

  5 jul – 5 aug · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  July is the province's busiest month by far: the city fills as the base for the Quebrada and the salt flats, the Tren Solar sells out and rooms up the valley go weeks in advance. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Argentine winter holidays, Éxodo Jujeño

• Festival

  Pachamama month

  1–31 aug · vanligtvisStor festival

  On 1 August families and neighbourhood groups open a hole in the ground and feed Mother Earth with food, coca and drink, and the ceremonies carry on through the month in the city's barrios and markets. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Éxodo Jujeño

  22–23 augNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  The province marks Belgrano's 1812 evacuation with an evocative march on the 22nd and a parade of some seventy-five gaucho centres on the 23rd. It is a provincial holiday and the city stops for it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Argentine winter holidays (5 jul – 5 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Fiesta Nacional de los Estudiantes

  12–26 sepStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  A fortnight of school-built floats paraded through the city to open the spring, ending with the election of the national representative. Hotels fill and the school week loses days to it. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Virgen de Rio Blanco y Paypaya

• Festival

  Virgen de Rio Blanco y Paypaya

  1–31 oktReligiös högtidTrångt

  Every Sunday in October the faithful walk, many barefoot, to the patron saint's sanctuary at Rio Blanco, a few kilometres outside the city. On 7 October, a local holiday, the cathedral holds the main mass and procession. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year, Summer holidays i Argentina

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗