Wednesday, February 22 – April 6, 2023
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Latin Festivals
Browse feature articles on Latin festivals in New York City including: holidays, independence days, national days, and more.
Snow Moon is a Native American Name for the February Full Moon
Sunday, February 5, 2023
Lunar New Year Parade NYC Dances Dragons Through Manhattan Chinatown to the Lower East Side
CHINATOWN and LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan
Lunar New Year NYC 2024 Celebrate the Year of the Dragon
East Asian Diaspora Communities 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
Ash Wednesday is the Beginning of Lent “From Dust to Dust”
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Grenada Independence Day
SAINT GEORGE’S, Grenada ~ February 7, 1974 🇬🇩
World Autism Awareness Day Shows That Love is the Answer
April 2 🇺🇳
Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival 2024 is a Blast
SARA D. ROOSEVELT PARK, Lower East Side / Manhattan Chinatown 🇨🇳🇰🇭🇰🇷🇰🇵🇯🇵🇲🇳🇵🇭🇸🇬🇹🇼🇹🇭🇺🇸
Our Lady of Candelaria is the Patron Saint of Tenerife, Canary Islands; Miners; and the African Diaspora
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, Spain ~ February 2 🇪🇸
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Our Lady of Lourdes is the Patron Saint of Healing
LOURDES, France; February 11 🇫🇷
Maman Brigitte is the Haitian Loa of Death and Life
HAITI and NEW ORLEANS, United States ~ February 2 or November 2 🇭🇹 🇺🇸
Oyá is the Yoruba Orisha of Great Storms with Wind and Lightning that Bring Death and Rebirth
February 2 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Black History Month is American History Month
FEBRUARY 🇺🇸
Holocaust Remembrance Day, When Auschwitz-Birkenau was Liberated, Must Not Be Forgotten
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, Poland, January 27, 1945
Juan Pablo Duarte is the Founding Father of the Dominican Republic
JUAN PABLO DUARTE SQUARE, Hudson Square, Manhattan
ALTAR DE LA PATRIA, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
Dominican Heritage Month New York is One Long Party
NEW YORK STATE 🇩🇴
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Taught Us to Love All People
ATLANTA, Georgia ~ January 15, 1929 🇺🇸
Teatro SEA Three Kings Day Festival Includes a Toy Giveaway
THE CLEMENTE, Lower East Side, Manhattan 🇵🇷
La Virgen de la Altagracia is the Patron Saint of the Dominican Republic
HIGÜEY, Dominican Republic ~ Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia. 🇩🇴
Three Kings Day Parade 2025 Marches Through El Barrio with a Breakfast, Parade, and After Party
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO & PARK AVENUE, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷
New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival Starts on Kings Day January 6
NEW ORLEANS, Lousiana 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇺🇸
Las Octavitas Extend the Puerto Rican Christmas Season
PUERTO RICO and the Diaspora 🇵🇷
Haitian Independence Day is One of the Great Humanitarian Achievements of All Time
January 1, 1804 🇭🇹
Solemnity of Mary Celebrates the Divinity of Mother and Child
January 1 🇮🇹
Emancipation Proclamation is 161 Years Old
January 1, 1863 🇺🇸
New Year’s Eve 2025 in New York City
DECEMBER 31, 2023 ~ Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2024 in New York City with Latin jazz, opera, and the iconic Times Square New Year’s Eve.
Kwanzaa is the African American Holiday Tradition. Habari Gani!
DECEMBER 26 to JANUARY 1 ~ Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), Imani (Faith). 🇺🇸
“Cold Moon” is the Native American Name of the December Full Moon
December
Christmas in New York City
The origins of Christmas, the traditional date, Christ’s birthplace, and the Mass that is the root of its religious and secular traditions.
Christmas Eve in New York City is Noche Buena
DECEMBER 24 🎄
La Novena de Aguinaldos is a Colombian, Ecuadorian, and Venezuelan Christmas Tradition
DECEMBER 16-24 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 🇻🇪
Las Posadas are the Mexican Christmas Caroling Tradition
DECEMBER 16-24 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽
Babalú-Ayé is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Sickness and Healing
DECEMBER 17 🇨🇺
Winter Solstice is the Ancient Root of Winter Holiday Celebrations
DECEMBER 21
National Sangria Day is a Good Day for Iberian Wine Fruit Punch
SPAIN and PORTUGAL 🇪🇸 🇵🇹
Huītzilōpōchtli, Sun God and Patron of the Méxica is Celebrated on the Solstice
December Solstice 🇲🇽
Las Mañanitas a Nuestra Virgen de Guadalupe Celebrates Her Birthday
AT HOME ~ December 11 🇲🇽
Giving Tuesday is a Good Day to Support the Arts
TUESDAY after Thanksgiving
The Immaculate Conception Acknowledges the Divinity of Women
DECEMBER 8, 1854 🇮🇹
Candombe Day Celebrates the Afro-Uruguayan Drum, Song, and Dance Tradition!
DECEMBER 3 🇺🇾
Santa Barbara is the Female Changó
DECEMBER 4 🇵🇷
Changó is the Yoruba Orisha of Music, Drumming, and Dancing
DECEMBER 4 🇨🇺
Three Kings Day is the Hispanic Gift-Giving Day at the End of Christmas Season
JANUARY 6 🇩🇴 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇺🇾 ~ 🇮🇹 🇷🇴 🇪🇸
Panamanian Independence Day
LITTLE PANAMA, Crown Heights, Brooklyn 🇵🇦
Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights
GRAND ARMY PLAZA, Central Park, Manhattan 🕎
GRAND ARMY PLAZA, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 🕎
Native American Heritage Day is a U.S. National Holiday on the Day After Thanksgiving!
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We can’t let Kristallnacht Happen Again
November 9, 1938 ~ A pogrom in Germany was a sign of terrible things to come. It’s not a nice thing to remember, but if we forget, it can happen again.
Panama Separation Day Celebrates the Founding of the Republic of Panama
LITTLE PANAMA in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Friday, November 3, 2023
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Inle is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Medical Workers and Fishers
October 24 🇨🇺
Mictēcacihuātl is the Mesoamerican Goddess of the Underworld, Which is a Paradise
DAY OF THE DEAD
Thursday, November 2, 2023
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