Festival de Lluvia de Peces (Rain of Fish Festival)

The occurrence of Lluvia de Peces (Rain of Fish) is absolutely unique to the little rural Honduran town of Yoro. Although explanations – scientific and religious – differ, this event is claimed to occur in the town every year during peak monsoons, when living fish shower down from the sky. Locals converge to celebrate the Festival de Lluvia de Peces, a weird yet distinct feature of the town.

This Honduran holiday and celebration is often held in the second week of June. Locals who believe in religious explanations for this phenomenon parade around effigies of priest Father Jose Manuel Subirana, believing that the "fish rain" was an answer to the priest's plea to feed the town's needy inhabitants.

Time: May or June

Place: Yoro