It can be said that New Year Celebrations is considered the most famous festival in Chile throughout the year. December 31 for Chileans and for most people around the world is one of the most important celebrations of the year. On New Year's Eve, thousands of Chileans decide to go to parties, to friends and family, or to celebrate on the street.

In the tradition of New Year Celebrations, waiting for the New Year in a Chilean household means a sumptuous dinner, which often includes stuffed turkey or other meats, like chicken or pork. Family members wear special clothes, choosing the best clothes for the evening.

Like every country, Chile has its own unique set of traditions to welcome the new year. Shops are crowded with yellow underwear, which many Chileans wear in the hope that it will bring them passion or fertility in the new year, while others place a valuable Peso note of $1,000 in their right shoe to bring them wealth and prosperity. The best place to celebrate the New Year in Chile is in the seaside town of Valparaíso, where spectacular fireworks light up the pier at midnight.

• Organization time: December 31
• Location: Chile

This is one of the most famous festivals in Chile, partly due to the time it is held - September 18 is the country's National Day. Coming to Fiestas Patrias (in the capital Santiago), visitors can also enjoy traditional Chilean food such as empanadas, and chicha and drink red wine. In addition, visitors also have the opportunity to explore many other activities such as flag flying, kite flying, and dancing.

It is common to see people dressed as Huasos, with straw hats and ponchos. Traditional foods and drinks include Mote con huesillo, anticuchos (a meat skewers) and terremotos (earthquakes), drinks made with pipeño, grenadine, and pineapple ice cream. In addition, Fiestas Patrias is a famous festival held all over the country with street parties, music, and dancing.

• Time of organization: September 18 every year
• Location: Chile

The Festival of La Tirana, which begins on July 11 and ends on July 19, is held in Tarapacá. Every year this festival attracts thousands of pilgrims and tourists from all over the world. In this celebration, religion is mixed with indigenous traditions, dancing, drums, and dances for the Christian Virgin.

The Festival of La Tirana is the most famous and popular festival of religious celebration in Northern Chile. In fact, the celebration is of Andean origin and has a lot to do with the Pachamama sect, which is the Mother Earth of the Aymará and Quechua peoples. In other words, the celebration of La Tirana is a clear demonstration of the mingling of Native American and European cultures.

This popular festival usually lasts a week and includes a series of rituals, songs, and dances with the Altiplanic festival. The most famous representative dance is "Diablada". The dancers wear colorful and demonic masks and confront the force led by the Archangel Miguel. In addition, throughout the week, the celebration features music made of zithers and brass instruments non-stop.

• Organization time: July 11 - July 19 every year
• Location: Tarapacá, Chile

The famous festival Virgen de Guadalupe is written as the celebration of Virgen de Guadalupe that takes place in the Atacama desert, most specifically in the town of Ayquina (80 km from Calama). This is the most important celebration in the Antofagasta Region.

To this day, the Ayquina religious and cultural event takes place in honor of La Virgen de Guadalupe. It takes place every year and usually lasts a week. The main holidays are September 7 and 8. During these days, thousands of devotees gather and perform a variety of typical pagan-religious dances. Examples include Diablada, Tinku, or Caporal dance. This is a tourist attraction when coming to the famous Virgen de Guadalupe festival in Chile.

On September 7th, all gathered to wait for the 8th. At midnight, the sky lit up with spectacular fireworks displays to celebrate the “Pastor of Ayquina” celebration. On September 8, thousands of pilgrims arrive in the town of Ayquina, they participate in religious dances throughout the day to thank La Virgen.

• Organization time: September 7 and 8 every year
• Location: Ayquina town, Chile

The Grape Harvest Festival is Chile's famous festival because Chilean wine is world-renowned, and so the grape harvest festival, or "Vendimias," is an important tradition. The festivals take place during the last week of March to May when the grapes ripen after summer. Rural towns across central Chile celebrate the festival with a religious ceremony to bless the first batch of grapes. A grape queen was then chosen, who weighed in with a bottle of wine, and groups of locals entered a grapefishing contest to see who could crush the most juice out of 20 kilograms of fruit in a single day. And large quantities of Wine were also consumed to celebrate Chile's bountiful production.

Grape Harvest Festival is not only a famous festival in Chile, it is also an indispensable name in the list of beer festivals in the world. Thanks to this famous festival, Chile attracts more tourists every year.

• Organization time: March to May every year
• Location: Chile

Tapati is the famous Chilean owl festival held annually by Easter Islanders in late January and early February, lasting for about one to two weeks to celebrate Rapa Nui's heritage and showcase their cultural traditions. with the world community. This event attracts more tourists to Easter Island than any other time of the year. Every day of the festival is filled with different exciting activities such as horse racing, swimming competitions... At the festival, the islanders wear simple traditional costumes. They decorate their faces and bodies and wear feathered hats on their heads.

Among the festival's series of activities, the "Birdman" (Tangata Manu) contest is the most notable for its uniqueness and challenge. In addition to the Birdman competition, there are two outstanding events in the Tapati festival, the sculpture and dance competition. The sculpture contest plays an important role not only as an opportunity to show the ingenious sculpting techniques of the people here but also to honor the unsolved mysterious beauty of nearly 1,000 statues created by the Rapa Nui people.

• Organization time: February every year
• Location: Easter Island, Chile

Carnaval Andino Con la Fuerza del Sol, or "Andean Festival with the Power of the Sun", is one of the most famous and influential, and interesting series of festivals that take place in February in northern Chile. Held in the city of Arica, Con la Fuerza del Sol is a three-day festival that celebrates the peaceful blending of Spanish and indigenous cultures in the Andes, as well as Catholic and indigenous traditions. Chilean, Peruvian, and Bolivian participants celebrate with lavish costumes, dance groups, and brass bands, which compete for audience favorites.

Besides the sacred festivals and celebrations, Chile offers visitors fun experiences through dancing and celebration activities at the famous Carnaval Andino Con la Fuerza del Sol festival, which is worthy of being 1 one of the most famous festivals in Chile.

• Organization time: February every year
• Location: Arica, Chile

Next on the list of famous festivals in Chile is Santiago a Mil, also known as "Santiago Party of the Thousand", which is Chile's biggest and most famous festival. This three-week arts and culture festival takes place in January in the country's capital, Santiago, and features indoor and outdoor theatrical performances and international street performances with the participation of street performers, acrobats, and dancers. Visitors around the world, when participating, immersed in the air when this festival will have unique and unforgettable experiences about Chile.

This popular cultural festival, Santiago a Mil, held in Chile's capital is the largest arts festival in the country, with music, art, and theater programs available citywide at low prices. Performers come from around the world for this three-week festival in January. There's also the chance to attend theater and open-street shows to experience the rich culture. the richness and diversity of Santiago.

• Organization time: January every year
• Location: Santiago, Chile

Chile not only has famous festivals with a vibrant atmosphere, and bustling celebrations but also attracts visitors because of its spirituality with famous media and cultural festivals. Among them is the famous traditional festival We Tripantu, or New Year Mapuche, which begins just before sunset.

On June 23 and ending at sunrise on June 24, the native Mapuche people wait for the "new sun" to return from the west. The New Year coincides with the winter solstice, as the Mapuche people believe that winter brings renewal of life. Rituals are performed to call upon the Mapuche ancestors and are guided by a community or religious head. When this famous festival We Tripantu took place, it attracted many tourists from all over the world to experience Chile's media culture as well as to experience the sacredness of Chile's land through famous festivals.

• Organization time: June every year
• Location: Chile

On the Sunday after Easter, Chilean colonial parish priests went to get Holy Communion for the elderly and declared it impossible to go to church on Easter Sunday. They were guarded by groups of huasos, or cowboys on horseback, who protected them from bandits who tried to steal the silver chalices. Along the way, the priests and their bodyguards were given food and drink, usually chicha or wine, to wash away the dust of the road. This is called the Cuasimodo Festival - one of the most famous festivals in Chile.

Today, Cuasimodo is a festival of reverence known as well as fixing a Cristo, or running to Christ. This famous 400-year-old tradition continues mainly in the Santiago area, in the municipalities of Lo Barnechea, La Florida, Maipu, and La Reina, and especially in Colina. At a recent ceremony in Colina, 4,500 men on horseback joined the procession.

• Organization Time: Sunday after Easter
• Location: Santiago, Chile