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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Carnaval Vegano in La Vega, is the Big Dominican Carnival
Sundays, February 5, 12, 19, 2023 Sunday-Monday, February 26-27, 2023 LA VEGA, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
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Rio De Janeiro Carnival 2023 is Back in Full Bloom
Friday-Saturday, February 17-25, 2023 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil 🇧🇷
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Ponce Carnival 2023 is Puerto Rico’s Carnival
Saturday-Tuesday, February 18-21, 2023 PONCE, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
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Barranquilla Carnival 2023 is One of the World’s Great Carnivals
Saturday-Tuesday, February 18-21, 2023 BARRANQUILLA, Colombia 🇨🇴
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Lunar New Year 2023 in New York, Year of the Rabbit
Sunday, January 22, 2023 – Monday, February 6, 2023 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇭🇺🇸
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National Chocolate Day Celebrates Indigenous Mesoamerican Flavor
Saturday, October 28, 2023a 🇬🇹🇲🇽 | 🇨🇴🇻🇪