Holidays
Holidays in New York City carry the weight of centuries, arriving from every corner of the Latin world’s mother cultures. Here, Catholic feast days blend with Indigenous ceremony, African diasporic devotion, and celebrations that predate all of them, tracking the sun and seasons themselves. This category gathers the sacred and the seasonal side by side, covering the religious observances and nature-marked occasions that bring NYC’s Latin, African, Indigenous, European, and global roots communities together throughout the year.
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Maman Brigitte is the Haitian Loa of Death and Life
HAITI and NEW ORLEANS, United States ~ February 2 or November 2 🇭🇹 🇺🇸
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Holocaust Remembrance Day, When Auschwitz-Birkenau was Liberated, Must Not Be Forgotten
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, Poland, January 27, 1945
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Teatro SEA Three Kings Day Festival Includes a Toy Giveaway
THE CLEMENTE, Lower East Side, Manhattan 🇵🇷
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Kwanzaa is the African American Holiday Tradition. Habari Gani!
DECEMBER 26 to JANUARY 1 ~ Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), Imani (Faith). 🇺🇸