På gång i Tilcara, Argentina under året

Mest folk — Enero Tilcareño, Christmas and New Year

• Risk

  Summer mudslides on the RN 9

  1 jan – 31 mar · vanligtvisJordskredssäsongStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Enero Tilcareño

  7–31 janStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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

Mest folk — Carnaval and the devil, Summer holidays i Argentina

• Festival

  Carnaval and the devil

  1 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvisKarnevalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 jan – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Carnaval and the devil, Punta Corral pilgrimage

• 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 ↗

• Festival

  Punta Corral pilgrimage

  16 mar – 21 apr · vanligtvisPilgrimssäsongTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Summer mudslides on the RN 9 (1 jan – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Carnaval and the devil (1 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Punta Corral pilgrimage

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (2–5 apr), Punta Corral pilgrimage (16 mar – 21 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Festival

  Inti Raymi at Huacalera

  20–21 junStor 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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Argentine winter holidays, Winter recess i Argentina

• Säsong

  Argentine winter holidays

  5 jul – 5 aug · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Argentine winter holidays

• Festival

  Día de la Pachamama

  1 augReligiös högtid

  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. 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 festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Dia de las Almas

  1–2 novReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

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 ↗