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Browse travel opportunities in the Latin world, including festivals, carnival, pilgrimages, national days, independence days, and more.

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Haitian Flag Day Celebrates the Unity of Africans and Creoles

Haitian Flag Day (Dlrz4114/Dreamstime)

ARCAHAIE, Ouest, Haiti ~ MAY 18, 1803 🇭🇹

Holi, the Hindu Spring Festival of Colors, is All About Loving

Holi in New York City (Anniwalz/Dreamstime)

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 🇮🇳

Haitian Independence Day Marks One of the Great Humanitarian Achievements of All Time

Haitian Independence Day, "Le Negre Marron" by Albert Magones, 1968-69 makes the call. (Glenda Powers/Adobe)

January 1, 1804 🇭🇹

International Tango Day Celebrates the Dance of Love

International Tango Day (Marko Zirdum/Pexels)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ~ December 11 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 🇫🇷

Día de las Velitas is the Colombian Festival of Lights

Día de las Velitas in Colombia

December 7 🇨🇴

Our Lady of Providence is the Patron Saint of Puerto Rico

Our Lady of Providence in San Juan Bautista Cathedral, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

November 19 🇵🇷

Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City was Founded After Tourists Showed up Looking for the Parade They Saw in James Bond “Spectre”

Day of the Dead Parade Mexico City Día de Muertos Desfile (Emilio Mujica/Dreamstime)

MEXICO CITY, Mexico 🇲🇽

Fèt Gede is the Beautiful Haitian Festival of the Dead

Fèt Gede, Grand Cimetiere, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (airmaria/Adobe)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti 🇭🇹

Diwali is Celebrated in NYC’s South Asian and West Indian Communities

Diwali NYC is celebrated in West Indian and South Asian communities. (Avisheck Das/Dreamstime)

HK HALL, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan
ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER, Financial District, Manhattan
NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SEAPORT MUSEUM, Seaport, Manhattan
FLUSHING TOWN HALL, Flushing, Queens
LIBERTY AVE, South Ozone Park, Queens
🪔 🇬🇾 🇮🇳 🇯🇲 🗽 🇸🇷 🇹🇹

National Day of Spain is el Día de la Hispanidad

National Day of Spain in New York City, Día de la Hispanidad (Jiawangukun/Dreamstime)

October 12, 1492 🇪🇸

El Salvadoran Independence Day is September 15, 1821

El Salvadoran Independence Day (Elena Berd/Adobe)

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador 🇸🇻

Mexican Independence Day in New York City, ¡Viva México!, ¡Viva México!, ¡Viva México!

Mexican Independence Day in El Zocalo, Mexico City (Diego Grande/Adobe)

September 16, 1810 🇲🇽

Our Lady of Charity, La Caridad del Cobre, is the Patron Saint of Cuba

Our Lady of Charity (Caridad del Cobre) Basilica of El Cobre, Santiago, Cuba (Christian Kaehler/Adobe)

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba September 8 🇨🇺

Our Lady of Regla is a Catholic Yemayá

Our Lady of Regla procession in Regla, Havana, Cuba. (Kako Escalona/Dreamstime)

REGLA, Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺

Brazilian Independence Day is Sete de Setembro

Brazilian Independence Day (Lazyllama/Dreamstime)

IPIRANGA BROOK, São Paulo, Brazil, September 7, 1822 🇧🇷

Trinidad Carnival 2025 is the Mother of Caribbean Carnival

Trinidad Carnival (Granderiviere/Dreamstime)

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹
 

Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastían 2025 (Sanse) is Puerto Rico’s Biggest Festival

Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastían, Sanse (Czuber/Dreamstime)

CALLE SAN SEBASTÍAN, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

Uruguayan Independence Day is August 25, 1825

Uruguayan Independence Day (Martin Schneiter/Dreamstime)

August 25, 1825 🇺🇾

Dominican Restoration Day Commemorates “El Grito de Capotillo” That Launched the Dominican War of Restoration

Dominican Restoration Day, General Gregorio Luperón (Public Domain/Wikipedia)

August 16, 1863 🇩🇴

Indian Independence Day in New York City

Indian Independence Day at the Red Fort in New Delhi (Asian Traveler/Dreamstime)

August 15, 1947 🇮🇳

Ecuadorian Independence Day Celebrations in New York City Include the Ecuadorian Parade and Ecuadorian Festival

Ecuadorian Independence Day (Rui Baião/Dreamstime)

August 10, 1809 🇪🇨

El Clásico Between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF is at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey This Summer

El Clásico FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF (Natursports/Dreamstime)

METLIFE STADIUM, East Rutherford, New Jersey 🇪🇸
PLAYWRIGHT IRISH PUB, Garment District, Manhatan ~ Peña Madridista NYC (Real Madrid) 🇪🇸
SMITHFIELD HALL, Chelsea, Manhattan ~ Penya FC Barcelona NYC 🇪🇸

Puerto Rico Constitution Day is a Great Time to Visit Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Constitution Day (Dennis Van De Water/Dreamstime)

JULY 25 🇵🇷

Peruvian Independence Day

Peruvian Independence Day at the Presidential Palace in Lima (Robert Lerich/Dreamstime)

LIMA, Peru 🇵🇪

Copa América 2024 Champion is Argentina

Copa América Ball (oasisamuel/Adobe)

SOCCER BARS, FOX SPORTS, TUDN 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇦 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇪🇨 🇯🇲 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇺🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪
METLIFE STADIUM, East Rutherford, New Jersey 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 🇧🇴

UEFA Euro 2024 Champion is Spain

UEFA Euro European national football championship (UJ Alexander/Adobe)

GERMANY 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸

Colombian Independence Day in New York City

Colombian Independence Day (Jesse Kraft/Dreamstime)

July 20, 1819 🇨🇴

Bastille Day in New York City

Bastille Day (Kovalenkov Petr/Dreamstime)

FIAF Bastille Celebration, Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇫🇷
SummerStage 🇫🇷

PARIS, France 🇫🇷

Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is the Patron Saint of Colombia

Our Lady of Chiquinquirá by Alonso de Narváez in 1562 (Basilica de Chiquinquirá, Colombia)

CHIQUINQUIRÁ, Boyacá, Colombia 🇨🇴

Argentine Independence Day is Nueve de Julio!

Argentine Independence Day Casa Rosada Buenos Aires (eskystudio/Adobe)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 🇦🇷

Inti Raymi is Inca New Year

Inti Raymi in Cusco, Peru (Jeff Cleveland/Dreamstime)

JUNE 24 🇵🇪

Portugal Day is Portugal’s National Day

Portugal Day (Raquel Pedrosa/Dreamstime)

JUNE 10, 1580 🇵🇹

On Yoruba New Year “E ku odun, eku iyedun”

Yoruba New Year (Terver/Adobe)

JUNE 3 🇳🇬 🇧🇯 🇹🇬

Italian Republic Day is Italy’s National Day

Italian Republic Day (Andrii Shevchuck/Dreamstime)

JUNE 2, 1946 🇮🇹

Puerto Rico Emancipation Day is a Day to be Free

Puerto Rico Emancipation Day (Aclicks/Dreamstime)

OLD SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ~ March 22, 1873 🇵🇷

Ghana Independence Day Celebrates the Beginning of the Decolonization of Sub-Saharan Africa

Ghana Independence Day, Independence Arch in Accra (demerzel21/Adobe)

KOFORIDUA, Ghana 🇬🇭

Santo Domingo Carnival 2024 is the Climax of Dominican Carnival

Santo Domingo Carnival (Dlrz4114/Dreamstime)

SANTO DOMINGO, Malecon, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

Dominican Independence Day, ¡Quisqueya!

Dominican Independence Day, Puerta del Conde, Santo Domingo (Matyas Rehak/Dreamstime)

PUERTA DEL CONDE, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ~ February 7, 1844 🇩🇴

Grenada Independence Day

Grenada Independence Day (Paulo Ribas/Dreamstime)

SAINT GEORGE’S, Grenada ~ February 7, 1974 🇬🇩

Maman Brigitte is the Haitian Loa of Death and Life

Maman Brigitte is represented by a Black chicken (Geza Farkas/Dreamstime)

HAITI and NEW ORLEANS, United States ~ February 2 or November 2 🇭🇹 🇺🇸

Juan Pablo Duarte is the Founding Father of the Dominican Republic

Juan Pablo Duarte sculpture in Duarte Square, Hudson Square, Manhattan (Mark Zhu/Dreamstime)

JUAN PABLO DUARTE SQUARE, Hudson Square, Manhattan
ALTAR DE LA PATRIA, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

La Virgen de la Altagracia is the Patron Saint of the Dominican Republic

La Virgen de la Altagracia is the Patron Saint of the Dominican Republic (Jose Miguel Rodriguez de Carvalho/Wikimedia)

HIGÜEY, Dominican Republic ~ Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia. 🇩🇴

New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival Starts on Kings Day January 6

New Orleans Mardi Gras band (Imagecom/Dreamstime)

NEW ORLEANS, Lousiana 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇺🇸

Las Octavitas Extend the Puerto Rican Christmas Season

Las Octavitas at the Capitol of Puerto Rico in Old San Juan (Demerzel21/Dreamstime)

PUERTO RICO and the Diaspora 🇵🇷

Las Mañanitas a Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe Celebrates Her Birthday

Las Mañanitas a Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe at St Patrick's Cathedral NYC (Keith Widyolar/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

AT HOME ~ December 11 🇲🇽

Candombe Day Celebrates the Afro-Uruguayan Drum, Song, and Dance Tradition!

Candombe Day in Uruguay (Angela Ostafichuk/Dreamstime)

DECEMBER 3 🇺🇾

Panamanian Independence Day

Panamanian Independence Day in Panama City, Panama (Hanohiki/Adobe)

LITTLE PANAMA, Crown Heights, Brooklyn 🇵🇦

Panama Separation Day Celebrates the Founding of the Republic of Panama

Panama Separation Day (Gualberto Becerra/Dreamstime)

LITTLE PANAMA in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Friday, November 3, 2023

🇵🇦

Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival is an East Asian Harvest Tradition

Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Mooncake Festival (Paul/Adobe)

This East Asian tradition is Friday, September 29, 2023
🇨🇳 🇹🇼 🇰🇷 🇯🇵 🇵🇭 🇸🇬 🇹🇭 🇻🇳

Our Lady of Fátima is a Famed Marian Apparition

The children of the Our Lady of Fátima Marian apparition

FÁTIMA, PORTUGAL
Monday, May 13, 2024
🇵🇹

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