Chile Holidays and Festivals
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- 07 Feb 2023
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hile holidays include a number of national celebrations and festivals throughout the year, often driven by historical events, agricultural traditions or the Catholic religious calendar. Their strong indigenous heritage is often blended into Catholic traditions, producing rich and meaningful celebrations.
Tapati Festival
Easter Island has been holding its ten day Tapati Festival at Rapa Nui in February every year since 1975. The celebration of local culture involves teams of youth engaging in traditional body painting, swimming and canoeing competitions to crown a festival queen. Young men demonstrate physical strength in a Haka Pei competition which involves tobogganing over banana tree trunks at great speeds downhill. Read More..
