PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 🇮🇳
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Browse travel opportunities in the Latin world, including festivals, carnival, pilgrimages, national days, independence days, and more.
Puerto Rico Emancipation Day is a Day to be Free
OLD SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ~ March 22, 1873 🇵🇷
Ghana Independence Day Celebrates the Beginning of the Decolonization of Sub-Saharan Africa
KOFORIDUA, Ghana 🇬🇭
Santo Domingo Carnival 2024 is the Climax of Dominican Carnival
SANTO DOMINGO, Malecon, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Dominican Independence Day, ¡Quisqueya!
PUERTA DEL CONDE, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ~ February 7, 1844 🇩🇴
Grenada Independence Day
SAINT GEORGE’S, Grenada ~ February 7, 1974 🇬🇩
Maman Brigitte is the Haitian Loa of Death and Life
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 SQUARE, Hudson Square, Manhattan
ALTAR DE LA PATRIA, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Dominican Restoration Day Commemorates “El Grito de Capotillo” which Finally led to Independence
August 16, 1863 🇩🇴
Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastían (La Sanse) is Puerto Rico’s Biggest Festival
OLD SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
La Virgen de la Altagracia is the Patron Saint of the Dominican Republic
HIGÜEY, Dominican Republic ~ Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia. 🇩🇴
Las Octavitas Extend the Puerto Rican Christmas Season
PUERTO RICO and the Diaspora 🇵🇷
New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival Starts on Kings Day January 6
NEW ORLEANS, Lousiana 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇺🇸
Haitian Independence Day is One of the Great Humanitarian Achievements of All Time
January 1, 1804 🇭🇹
Las Mañanitas a Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe Celebrates Her Birthday
AT HOME ~ December 11 🇲🇽
International Tango Day Celebrates the Dance of Love
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ~ December 11 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 🇫🇷
Día de las Velitas, the Colombian Festival of Lights, Marks the Anticipation That the Church Would Accept the Divinity of Women
DECEMBER 7 🇨🇴
Candombe Day Celebrates the Afro-Uruguayan Drum, Song, and Dance Tradition!
DECEMBER 3 🇺🇾
Portugal Restoration of Independence Day Ended the Iberian Union
December 1, 1640 🇵🇹
Panamanian Independence Day
LITTLE PANAMA, Crown Heights, Brooklyn 🇵🇦
Our Lady of Providence is the Patron Saint of Puerto Rico!
November 19 🇵🇷
Diwali in NYC is Celebrated in West Indian and South Asian Communities
This festival of lights celebrates the triumph of light over darkness.
Sunday-Thursday, November 12-16, 2023
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Panama Separation Day Celebrates the Founding of the Republic of Panama
LITTLE PANAMA in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Friday, November 3, 2023
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Spain’s National Day is La Fiesta Nacional de España
Thursday, October 12, 2023
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Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival is an East Asian Harvest Tradition
This East Asian tradition is Friday, September 29, 2023
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Celebrate Our Lady of Charity (La Caridad del Cobre), Patron Saint of Cuba!
September 8
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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Brazilian Independence Day
Dom Pedro I declared independence from Portugal on September 7, 1822. 🇧🇷
Virgin of Regla
There is a famed procession in Regla, Cuba on September 7. 🇨🇺 🇵🇭 🇪🇸
Our Lady of Fátima is a Famed Marian Apparition
FÁTIMA, PORTUGAL
Monday, May 13, 2024
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the Patron Saint of Haiti
June 27
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Italian Republic Day is Italy’s National Day
Friday, June 2, 2023
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On African Yoruba New Year 2023 E ku odun, eku iyedun!
Sunday, June 4, 2023
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La Vega Carnival 2023 Carnaval Vegano, is the Big Dominican Republic Carnival
Sundays, February 5, 12, 19, 2023
Sunday-Monday, February 26-27, 2023
LA VEGA, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Rio De Janeiro Carnival 2023 is Back in Full Bloom
Friday-Saturday, February 17-25, 2023
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil 🇧🇷
Ponce Carnival 2023 is Puerto Rico’s Carnival
Saturday-Tuesday, February 18-21, 2023
PONCE, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Barranquilla Carnival 2023 is One of the World’s Great Carnivals
Saturday-Tuesday, February 18-21, 2023
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia 🇨🇴
Trinidad Carnival 2023 is the Mother of Caribbean Carnival
Wednesday-Thursday, February 15 – 23, 2023
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹
Mexico City Day of the Dead Parade
Saturday, October 28, 2023
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
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Day of the Dead NYC 2022 Día de los Muertos is a Three-Day Family Celebration of Life
OFRENDAS (Family Altars)
Monday, October 31, 2022
DÍA DE LOS INNOCENTES (Children’s Day)
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
DÍA DE MUERTOS (Day of the Dead)
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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India Independence Day
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
LITTLE INDIA, NYC
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Mexican Independence Day ¡Viva México!
Saturday, September 16, 2023
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Costa Rican Independence Day
Friday, September 15, 2023
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Celebrate Nicaraguan Independence Day!
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Inti Raymi is Inca New Year
Saturday, June 24, 2023
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Celebrate Salvadoran Independence Day!
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Guatemalan Independence Day
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Honduran Independence Day
Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Chilean Independence Day
Tuesday, September 18, 2023
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Puerto Rico Constitution Day is a Great Time to Visit Puerto Rico!
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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Uruguayan Independence Day is August 25, 1825
Friday, August 25, 2023
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