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South American Festivals

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South American Festival Articles

7 festival article(s) returned for South America

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Article Title: Heart and Soul of Amazonas

Festival Name: Boi Bumba

Festival Country: Brazil

Festival Type(s): Music - Traditional, Cultural, Traditional

To really enjoy Manaus, you need to step outside of the typical tourist mode and experience the spirit of the people and possibly a "festa" (festival or party) or three. Outside of "Carnaval", which is a big festival throughout Brazil (not just Rio) just before the start of the Catholic Lenten season, Boi Bumba is the region's largest and most famous festival.

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Article Title: The Spirit of Carnaval

Festival Name: Carnaval

Festival Country: Brazil

Festival Type(s): Carnival, Street Parade, Party

Carnaval can be smelt and breathed in the air of Rio de Janeiro. Everywhere you look at Carnaval time you can see a Carnaval smile, you can hear a Carnaval samba beat and you can feel the Carnaval spirit.

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Article Title: Tilcara, Argentina - Carnival

Festival Name: Carnival

Festival Country: Argentina

Festival Type(s): Carnival, Street Parade, Party

As the jungle road wound its way from Salta, vegetation seemed more and more exhausted the higher we got, changing from moist greenery to brushy shrubs until only cacti survived around the commanding heights of the Andes cordillera. What was lost in flora was gained in colour, as a rocky rainbow of ochre, violet, grey, olive and amber replaced the green of the leaves.

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Article Title: A Golden Christmas

Festival Name: Christmas

Festival Country: Venezuela

Festival Type(s): Christmas, Religious, Traditional

As the 25th approaches, the men start trickling back into the village from the myriad creeks they've been panning. The general store becomes a hub of activity. The ancient scales come out of their box and preside over the once-blue table outside.

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Article Title: The Festivals (Fiestas) of Ecuador

Festival Name: Ecuador Festivals

Festival Country: Ecuador

Festival Type(s): National, Traditional, Cultural

Music, parades, dressing up, beauty contests, dancing in the streets, drinking, feasting, bull fighting, cock fighting, firecrackers - the Ecuadorians love a good party and there's nothing like a fiesta to generate the right mood.

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Article Title: Baptism By Beat

Festival Name: Fiesta de San Juan Bautista

Festival Country: Venezuela

Festival Type(s): Religious, Music - Varied, Music - Traditional

Down by the sea, the drums call. The villages of Barlovento spring from their sleepy states for the Fiesta de San Juan Bautista (St John the Baptist) in late June.

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Article Title: Samosir Island Summer Festival

Festival Name: Samosir Island Summer Festival

Festival Country: Indonesia

Festival Type(s): Summer, Sport - Combat, Local

The boxing competition is the highlight of the Summer Festival and runs every day for a week. The competitors (mostly boys in their teens) come from as far afield as the Indonesian islands of Papua and Kalimentan and the whole event is taken very seriously by those involved

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