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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Drums Along the Hudson is a Native American Powwow and Multicultural Celebration of Drum, Song, & Dance
African American, DANCE, Folk, Holidays, Indian, Indigenous, Inwood NYC, Japanese, Mexican, Tap DanceINWOOD HILL PARK, Inwood, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇲🇽 🇱🇰
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Haitian Flag Day Celebrates the Unity of Africans and Creoles
ARCAHAIE, Ouest, Haiti ~ MAY 18, 1803 🇭🇹
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Chavela Vargas Didn’t Just Sing Rancheras, She Lived Them
SAN JOAQUÍN FLORES, Heredia, Costa Rica ~ April 17, 1919 🇲🇽
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Our Lady of Candelaria is the Patron Saint of the African Diaspora; Tenerife, Canary Islands; and Miners
African American, Bolivian, Colombian, Filipino, Guatemalan NYC, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, Religious Holidays, SpanishSANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, Spain 🇪🇸 > 🇧🇴 🇨🇴 🇬🇹 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷
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Oyá is the Yoruba Orisha of Great Storms with Wind and Lightning that Bring Death and Rebirth
February 2 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 October 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬
