South America

South America most inspiring cultural festivals : 

Traditionally, Latin American cultural celebrations are colourful events boasting amazing food, ethnic costumes, mouth-watering food, traditional dancing and, in case you missed it, even more delectable food.

Heading off on an unforgettable South America adventure  is reason enough to celebrate, but if you want to inject some cultural pizzazz to your journey, you’d be wise to add one of the following amazing events to your itinerary.

 

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1.Carnival                                                                             The Rio Carnival is undoubtedly the most famous party in the world and the most coveted event in the South American social calendar. Of all the cultural festivities, anywhere on the continent, this is the one that attracts the most visitors from all over the world. With its roots in 1000 CE Italy, the carnival is typically held in February (just before Lent in the Christian calendar) and this South American version is related to other world-famous carnivals like the one held in Venice, Italy.

Although celebrations are held in other South American nations, such as Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and uruguay, the Rio Carnival is by far the largest, with almost two million people participating every day for the last four days of the two-week event. Nowadays, the Rio Carnival is the most anticipated dance-off of the year, with about 200 samba schools in the city competing for first place. Parties brimming with hypnotic music, unbelievable dancing, flamboyant floats, outlandish costumes, fantastic food and non-stop festivities are held all over the Brazilian city, culminating in the Sambadrome on the last, no-holds-barred night.

Rio de Janeiro is an incredibly exciting city to visit at any time, but coinciding your Brazil adventure trip with a few nights of unforgettable partying in Rio, on a Rio carnival pakage  is a once-in-a-lifetime South America cultural experience. One which you may or may not remember, depending on your cerveza consumption 

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2.Inti Raymi 

On the 24th June every year, Cusco celebrates the most famous of all pre-Columbian festivals: the Inti Raymi, also known as the Inca Festival of the Sun. Inti was one of the most revered gods for the ancient Incas and his namesake festival, which first started in the early 1400s, is aimed to honour and appease him with animal sacrifices, opulent processions, dances, elaborate meals and multi-day festivities.

Banned by the Spaniards in 1536 and not revived until 1944 – when a film crew intent on reconstructing the ancient ritual, fired up indigenous desire to celebrate the ‘favourite’ god. Although the original Inti Raymi was held in the heart of Cusco, celebrations nowadays are centred around the ancient ruin site of Sacsayhuamán, where a pair of llamas is still ritually sacrificed. A host of street parties, dances, processions and fiestas are held in and around Cusco during the last week of June, in what has become Peru’s most popular cultural event 

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