Events calendar Venezuela

December 28 th is a very colourful popular festival where popular art is expressed. She is also famous in the states of Mérida, Trujillo, Portuguesa and Lara. But it is in Falcon state that it is most representative, mainly to the Vela de Coro. It refers to the massacre of children, ordered by Herod. On the evening of 27 it was the Mojiganga vétue of black, who walked the streets and announced the imminent arrival of the fous (locos).

Local holiday to commemorate the founding of the city dating back to 1567. Cultural and sporting events.

The country's national holiday pays tribute to the act signed in the chapel of Santa Rosa de Lima.

The festivities take place on the capital; surprising military parade of rigour. Last year, the Chinese participated.

A horse between March and April according to the dates of the liturgical calendar. Beautiful processions in perspective across the country.

Founded by Carlos Giménez and María Teresa Castillo, the festival has always had a great reputation. The latest date, 2006, brought together 23 international companies and 19 Venezuelan. Performances in the city theatres, on squares, street theatre and in alternative spaces. This renaissance is due to the support of embassies, cultural institutions of the city and three town halls.

Popular celebration of the Valley of the Santo Santo. It lasts for a week: musical groups, folk dances, typical kitchen and procession.

Artistic exhibition found in the Posada Posada. Designers, plastic artists and musicians show their talents.

The large annual festival of Ciudad Bolivar is known in the country. It celebrates the fishing at Sapoara, a fish that is in the Orinoco waters and fish only once in the year. A gastronomic tradition, we prepare it fried, stuffed or grilled.

The festivities begin in early September until about 15. Procession on foot, in boat. The virgin is transported from Gran Roque to Cayo Crasqui; prayers and songs.

A unique and festive festival celebrated in Settles. The best singers of llanera music from Venezuela and Colombia are present.

Typical religious feast of Mérida around the image of the little Jesus. Typical Andean drinks and dishes.

An electric atmosphere with sounds of drums the 24 th day of the year, to celebrate a very ancient feast where religious and cultural rites mingle with vices. It is the only saint after Jesus whose birth is celebrated.

A tradition that has lasted for 400 years. During these parades, male Aboriginal people griment their faces and display spectacular masks of black, white and red colours "to try to frighten the devil" as the inhabitants say. The most important representation is in San Francisco de Yare in the state of Miranda.

In August, the great annual festival in Ciudad Bolívar is known in the country. It celebrates the Sapoara, a fish in the Orinoco waters and fish only once in the year. A gastronomic tradition, we prepare it fried, stuffed or grilled. Several days of fairs to celebrate the vibrant fish that come out of the lagoons to climb the main river. Fishing is in honor but today the festival has expanded to include a number of aquatic activities, exhibitions of agricultural products and folklore, but above all rumba and beer! Attention to the crowd. A traditional adage during this festival says that whoever eats sapoara on that day will stay in Guyana and that if he eats his head he will be married to a Guyanese woman.

A day to enjoy cakes, tea, juices, jams. All producers in the area are present with their derivatives. The opportunity to taste this tropical flower as delicious as it is known: its taste and medicinal properties will surprise you. 

On December 30, the small dozen beekeepers in the corner meet, the event grows every year, now all beekeepers come to compete with the best honey and its derivatives.