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GAUCHO FESTIVALS
Argentina’s gauchos are the equivalent
of North America’s cowboys. Every
November on the ranches in the Las
Events
Pampas area, festivals are held to
celebrate the gauchos’ work, heritage
and culture. The Day of the Gaucho, on
November 10, features traditional dance
and music as well as activities such as
horse riding, parades and lots of eating
and drinking. Events take place during
Festivals, cultural highlights the run-up to the big day in the town of
and major sporting fixtures San Antonio de Areco, 350 miles south
throughout the year. of Buenos Aires.
www.argentina.ar
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INTI RAYMI FESTIVAL
On June 24 each year, this traditional is that of the Inca emperor Pachacutec.
Inca ceremony in Cusco, Peru, pays The parade makes its way up to the
homage to the sun during the winter fortress of Sacsayhuaman, from where
solstice. The event involves hundreds of tourists can watch the event from grass
local people playing the roles of priest, terraces. Packages featuring Inti Raymi
nobles and soldiers as they re-enact the are available from operators such as
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ancient ceremony. The most prized role Explore!
www.peru.info/peruuk.asp
HOLY WEEK IN GUATEMALA
Most countries in Central America
celebrate Holy Week – Semana Santa
– in the run-up to Easter. The celebra-
tions in the Guatemalan town of
BRAZILIAN CARNIVALS
Antigua are some of the most elaborate
in the region – where Catholicism is Brazilians love to party and know how
blended with traditions from the local to put on a show. The Rio Carnival may
Mayan community. Elaborate, vividly well be the most famous event of its
beautiful ‘carpets’ are painstakingly kind in the world, and attracts more
fashioned from dyed sawdust, and than 300,000 international visitors
then destroyed as the procession of every year to enjoy the samba dancing,
huge effigies and floats passes over colourful floats and costumes. The
them. Holy Week 2009 runs from 2009 carnival takes place on February
April 4-12.
www.guatemala.com 20-24.
http://ipanema.com/carnival
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