| January |
|
Date:
January 24
Celebration: Alasitas
(handicraft fair)
Place: La Paz, Bolivia
|
| February |
|
Date:
February 2
Celebration: Virgen
de la Candelaria
(Our Lady of
Candlemas)
Place: La Paz, Bolivia
|
Date:
February 9*
Celebration: Carnival
Place: Oruro
|
|
Date:
February 9 *
Celebration: Jisk’a
Anata Carnival
Place: La Paz
|
Date:
February 9*
Celebration: the
beginning of Carnival
Place: Santa Cruz,
Bolivia
|
|
Date:
February 16 *
Celebration: El
Corso
Place: Cochabamba
|
|
| March |
|
Date:
during the month *
Celebration: Pujllay
Place: Tarabuco
|
Date:
March 19
Celebration: Feast
Place: San José, San
Ignacio de Moxos
|
|
Date:
March 28, 29, 30 and
31
Celebration: Holy Week
Place: All of Bolivia
/Especially Misiones
|
|
| May |
|
Date:
May 3
Celebration: Feast of
the Cross
Place: La Paz –
Copacabana, Potosí
|
Date:
May 8
Celebration: Saint
John of God
Place: Potosí –
Manquiri
|
|
Date:
May/June
Celebration: the Lord
of the Great Power
Place: La Paz
|
|
| June |
|
Date:
June 21
Celebration: Inti
Raymi
Place: La Paz –
Tiwanaku
|
Date:
June 29
Celebration: Saint
Peter and Saint Paul’s
Day
Place: La Paz –
Tiquina – Achacachi
|
| July |
|
Date:
July 16
Celebration: The
Carmen
Place: The whole
country – especially
La Paz
|
Date:
July 25
Celebration: Saint
James the Apostle’s
Day
Place: La Paz / Laja
– Guaqui – Toro
Toro
|
|
Date:
July
Celebration: Admission
to the University
Place: La Paz
|
Date:
July
Celebration: Feast of
the Blacks
Place: La Paz –
Chicaloma
|
|
Date:
July 31
Celebration: Feast of
Saint Ignatius
Place: Bolivia
|
Date:
July/August
Celebration:
International
Renaissance and
Baroque Music Festival
Place: Bolivia
|
| August |
|
Date:
August
Celebration: Pachamama
(Earth Mother)
Place: La Paz, Oruro,
Potosí
|
Date:
August 5
Celebration: Feast of
the Virgin
Place: La Paz –
Copacabana
|
|
Date:
August 15, 16 and 17*
Celebration: Feast of
Our Lady of Urkupiña
Place: Cochabamba -
Quillacollo
|
Date:
August 24
Celebration: Saint
Bartholomew’s Day
Place: La Paz –
Chulumani
|
|
Date:
August 24*
Celebration: Chutillos
Place: Potosí
|
|
| September |
|
Date:
September 21
Celebration: Spring
Equinox
Place: La Paz –
Tiwanaku
|
|
| October |
|
Date:
October
Celebration:
International Culture
Festival
Place: Sucre –
Potosí
|
|
| November |
|
Date:
November 1 and 2
Celebration: All Souls’
Day
Place: All of Bolivia
- Especially Chipaya
|
|
*
Highly
recommended
events.
|
Tourist calendar of Bolivia
