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Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Candelaria, Patron Saint of the African Diaspora
Thursday, February 2, 2023
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, Spain 🇪🇸
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Celebrate Maman Brigitte, the Haitian Loa of Death and Life
Thursday, February 2, 2023
NEW ORLEANS, United States 🇭🇹🇺🇸
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Celebrate Grenada Independence Day
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
SAINT GEORGE’S, Grenada 🇬🇩
Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes!
Friday, February 11, 2022
Sanctuaires Notre-Dame de Lourdes
LOURDES, France 🇫🇷
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Trinidad Carnival 2023 is the Mother of Caribbean Carnival
Wednesday-Thursday, February 15 – 23, 2023
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹
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Celebrate Dominican Independence Day. ¡Quisqueya!
Monday, February 27, 2023
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
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Happy Birthday Mario Vargas Llosa!
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
AREQUIPA, Arequipa, Peru 🇵🇪🇪🇸
Celebrate Puerto Rico Emancipation Day!
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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Travel News
January 2023
Preparations for pre-Lenten Carnival, the world’s biggest Latin party, start on January 6, at the end of Christmas season. Many carnivals hold events in the month before Lent. The final week and weekend build to a climax on Carnival Tuesday which is February 21, 2023 this year.
Las Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastían, Puerto Rico’s biggest festival, is on Calle San Sebastían in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico; on Thursday-Sunday, January 19-22, 2023. 🇵🇷
The pilgrimage to the Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, for the Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, is in Salvaleón, Higüey, Dominican Republic on Saturday, January 21, 2023. 🇩🇴
February 2023
Carnaval Vegano 2023, the Dominican Republic’s biggest carnival, is in La Vega on Sundays, February 5, 12, & 19, 2023. 🇩🇴
Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, patron saint of healing, at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Lourdes, France; on Saturday, February 11, 2023. 🇫🇷
Martinique Carnival 2023 is in Fort-De-France, Martinique; from Thursday – Wednesday, February 16-22, 2023. 🇲🇶
Barranquilla Carnival builds to a climax in Barranquilla, Colombia, Saturday-Tuesday February 18-21, 2023. 🇨🇴
[To be confirmed]
Ponce Carnival (Carnival Ponceño) is in Ponce, Puerto Rico; from Saturday-Tuesday, February 18-21, 2023. 🇵🇷
Grenada Carnival is Monday-Tuesday, February 20-21, 2023. 🇬🇩
Carnival Tuesday (Mardi Gras) is Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
Santo Domingo Carnival 2023 combines the climax of Dominican Carnival, with Dominican Independence Day celebrations in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; on Sunday, February 26, 2023. 🇩🇴
March 2023
The CITA tango festival is in Buenos Aires, Argentina from March 14-18, 2023. cita.dance 🇦🇷
July 2023
The Santo Domingo Merengue Festival is in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic the last week of July and the first week of August.
Las Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol (St James Festival) in Loíza, Puerto Rico is one of the most profound expressions of African Diaspora culture in the United States. July 25 is the feast day, but the community celebrates all month long. It’s also a bomba music festival. 🇵🇷
November 2023
National Merengue Day in the Dominican Republic is November 26. 🇩🇴
Celebrate Panamanian Independence Day in Panama City, Panama; on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. 🇵🇦
October 2023
The Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City is Saturday, October 28, 2023. 🇲🇽
December 2023
Día de las Velitas, the Colombian festival of lights, is Thursday, December 7, 2023. 🇨🇴
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