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HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS IN BOLIVIAMany exciting holidays, festivals, and other events take place in Bolivia each year. Bolivians, and especially ‘cruceños’, are adept at finding a reason for any type of celebration. You don’t have to stay long in Santa Cruz to find entertainment. In addition to national public holidays most of which are celebrated with great pomp and circumstance, the Department of Santa Cruz has its own local or regional festivities.
Bolivians, and especially cruceños, love a good party. Each year many additional special occasions are also celebrated in grandiose manner. Many of these are well-known, such as Mother’s and Father’s Day, but in Bolivia even pets have their own special days. In fact, in Santa Cruz you’re even sure to find events being held for nearly every single one of the United Nations International Holidays. You could build up quite a social calendar. As Church and State are not fully separate in Bolivia, numerous events are of religious, (primarily Catholic) origin; however, many are traditional to the various indigenous cultures of the area. Other celebrations that take place in Santa Cruz did not originate here, and may be held in several towns throughout the country on the same day. This is because the populations that celebrate them have settled in various different areas and take their traditions with them. For the same reason, sometimes festivals are celebrated more than once in a year in different cities, like Alasitas for example, which takes place in January in La Paz, but in September in Santa Cruz. In addition, people often travel from Santa Cruz to other towns and other parts of the country to partake in festivities and you may want to do the same. Many of the festivals I’ve listed are wonderful cultural events and attract a great many tourists. I’ll try to give you a brief description of each and some of the more interesting traditions and customs that are practiced. There is literally never a dull moment in Santa Cruz.            Custom Search
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