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Festivals in Latin America & Caribbean

Carnaval, Día de Muertos, and Andean festivals at altitude.

A woman dressed as La Catrina carries an armful of marigolds through a night procession in Mexico City
Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2026

Día de Muertos

Marigold altars, candlelit cemetery vigils and skeleton parades as Mexico's dead come home

Oaxaca, Mexico$$$$
Dancers in blue skirts and bowler hats parade in formation through a crowded Puno street during the Fiesta de la Candelaria
Jan 30 – Feb 9, 2027

Fiesta de la Candelaria (Puno)

Hundreds of dance troupes honour the Virgin on the shores of Lake Titicaca

Puno, Peru$$$$
Drummers and dancers filling a Salvador street during Carnival
Feb 4–9, 2027

Salvador Carnival

Trios elétricos and Afro-Brazilian blocos take over Bahia's capital for six days

Salvador, Brazil$$$$
A colorful parade float at the Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro
Feb 5–13, 2027est.

Rio Carnival

Samba schools, street blocos and the Sambadrome's all-night parades before Lent

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil$$$$
A smiling woman in a feathered costume holding flowers at the Barranquilla Carnival
Feb 6–9, 2027

Barranquilla Carnival

Cumbia, marimondas and the Battle of Flowers in Colombia's Caribbean carnival

Barranquilla, Colombia$$$$
A line of dancers in embroidered costumes at the Carnaval de Oruro
Feb 6–9, 2027est.

Carnaval de Oruro

Devils, condors and miners dance twenty hours to the Virgin in Bolivia's highland carnival

Oruro, Bolivia$$$$
A troupe of blue devil dancers in motion at Trinidad Carnival
Feb 7–9, 2027

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival

J'ouvert mud at dawn, steelpan and soca, then feathered mas bands on the road

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago$$$$
A red and white sawdust carpet laid out in the street for Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala
Mar 21–28, 2027est.

Semana Santa in Antigua

Purple-robed processions walk over carpets of dyed sawdust and flowers

Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala$$$$

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