La Paz - Local Festivities

Local Festivities

  • January 24: Alasita is a yearly fair where people usually buy miniature goods and groceries and praise the Ekeko, the andean god of abundance, in order to attract good luck for the rest of the year. Its name is the Aimaran word for "buy what I am selling". The fair begins every January 24 and lasts for approximately three weeks.
  • February 2: Virgen de Copacabana, (Villa Copacabana)
  • May 1: San José Obrero (V. Nuevo Potosí)
  • May 3: Señor de la Santa Cruz (Calvario, Tacagua, Calacoto)
  • May 13: Virgen de Fátima (Villa Fátima)
  • May 14: San Isidro, Labrador (San Isidro)
  • May 17: Señor de la Sentencia (Villa Armonía)
  • May: Jesus, Señor del Gran Poder (movible, Gran Poder)
  • June 13: San Antonio de Padua (San Antonio)
  • June 24: San Juan Bautista (Valle Hermoso, San Juan)
  • June 29: San Pedro Apóstol (San Pedro)
  • July 16: Virgen del Carmen, Patroness of Bolivia and the Armed Forces of the Nation Efemerides of La Paz
  • July 25: Apóstol Santiago (Munaypata, Pampahasi, Pasankeri, Periférica, Alto Delicias)
  • August 15: Virgen de Urqupiña (Urkupiña)
  • August 15: Virgen de la Asunción (Villa Victoria)
  • September 8: Virgen de las Nieves (V. Copacabana, M. Paredes, La Portada, Achachicala, Alto Irpavi, Cotahuma, Las Nieves)
  • September 8: Virgen de los Remedios (Miraflores)
  • September 14: Señor de la Exaltación (Obrajes, G. de Lima, Bajo Tejar, Vino Tinto)
  • September 24: Virgen de la Merced (Cota Cota)
  • October 7: Virgen del Rosario (El Rosario)
  • November: Cristo Rey (Pura Pura)
  • December 4: Santa Barbara (Santa Bárbara, Llojeta)
  • December 8: Virgen de la Concepción (Kupini, Sopocachi, Achumani)

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