The Best Festivals and Celebrations in South America
by marinakvillatoro
The Best Festivals and Celebrations in South America
Following are the best known festivals and celebrations in South America:
Carnivals:
You must have heard about carnivals of South America. In countries like Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, carnivals are much popular than other countries. They usually start before the start of Lent, Mardi Gras in parts of Argentina. Who can forget the pleasure of attending the Rio’s marvelous party? People, singing and dancing on streets and enjoying a lot on the music beat. It feels so good to be a part of grand celebrations. Why to restrict yourself from attending this grand festival? Make your plans while the carnival is ongoing and the whole South American is in party mood?
Virgen de la Candelaria:
The festival is mainly celebrated in countries of Peru and Bolivia. For most people, Virgen de la Candelaria is a religious icon in these countries. To honor the symbol people of these countries start partying and participating in parades in order to maximize their fun. The festival combines the mixture of ancient local beliefs and Christianity in these regions. People come and enjoy to the fullest with an improved vibrancy and feel of music and dance in the entire two weeks.
New Year’s Eve:
A new year’s eve is one of the most loved time of every country includes the South American nations. Millions of people dress up in their best costumes to participate in the ceremony where you can enjoy fireworks, concerts, and much more. In Chile, you may observe Valparaíso rings with a bang.
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Britains comic genius, Stephen Fry, travels around each of Americas states in a black cab in order to discover, in his own inimitable style, what makes the country unique and to get under the skin of American life. Book released by Harper Collins DVD and Blu-ray out now
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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about 1 year ago
We should give the Queen this tour
about 1 year ago
Amazing that the BBC let Stevie say nice things about America.
about 1 year ago
@RinEdition I’m American lmao.
about 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 Well, we do have some pretty nice geography and a wide array of culture, but that’s only if you’ve the money to travel. (Florida and the Grand Canyon are lovely) but yeah, y’all Europeans have the history and the architecture! idk about British cuisine though.
Not sayin’ ours is better, ha.
about 1 year ago
@WillShakespeare2007 you know, i stopped caring
about 1 year ago
@TherealMrChristophel I British ande 40 and so Iknoe eve3rything he has done and have even attended some lectures. I simply was not impressed with this and was refering to his presenting when I said stick to game shows. I just think he came across as rather arogant in this series and it was simply not entertaining. He musy have spent ten miutes at a gun club quoting Dirty Harry.
about 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 just to ruin all holidays to england for you, you know no one there talks like that….
about 1 year ago
@WillShakespeare2007 you know games shows like QI are only his semi-retirement, and that he made his name in a comedy double-act with Hugh Lawie, AKA Dr Gregory House. He also was a regualr on Blackadder which was just comedy gold. he also played Jeeves from P.G. Wodehouse’s novels and has made appearences in Bones and several movies,such as V for Vendetta.
about 1 year ago
I just watched an episode of this and I can not believe how boring it was. An hour of Stephen Fry condescending to people, “hello little man are you a fisher person”, that kind of thing. Stick to game shows Sir David Frost you are not.
about 1 year ago
I adore Fry, but for some reason I didn’t enjoy this series anywhere near as much as Merton in India, or anything Michael Palin has done. Perhaps Fry was unlucky with the American’s he happened to meet.. I found few of them particularly warm or interesting.
about 1 year ago
@Rachiejane1What, the UK list? It’s endless. Way more than YouTube’s 500-character limit. We share Shakespeare, Marlowe and Stonehenge (Chaucer, the Venerable Bede). But the Victorians writers, the Georgian architects and the modern engineers (Isaac Watt, Elias Howe, John Crapper) are the UK’s alone. Wilberforce, Churchill, Louis Mountbatten. If all I had to draw on was the UK since about 1775, I’d be very proud of my heritage.
about 1 year ago
@jlewisda And Byron, Keats, Wordsworth, Mary and Percy Shelley, Shakespeare, Marlowe, parts of London, the Lake District, Stonehenge…just to add to the list!
about 1 year ago
@foxyfaefife Actually, America has all of the UK’s history before the 17th Century. That’s what makes us cousins: Brits, Australians, New Zealanders, Americans and the better class of South Africans all sprang from the same set of grandparents, so to speak.
Having said that, there’s much to admire in the modern UK. Any country that can produce such varied hits as William Blake, penicillin, the Supermarine Spitfire and Kate Beckinsale is definitely a culture to emulate.
about 1 year ago
@foxyfaefife no definately not, but there is more of a give it a go attitude in the states, anyway im visiting missouri and illinios next week so we’ll see!
about 1 year ago
@hellohello66666 Sarcasm definitely, but I wouldn’t say cynicism is an inherent part of British culture. It has its place certainly, but we’re not all miserable bastards over here.
about 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 We definitely don’t have a monopoly on scenery in Europe (although Scotland, where I’m from, definitely punches far above it’s weight in that regard!). Your food is alright too. History: we’ve got you trumped there but I do like America’s (albeit brief) history, particularly your constitution and the ideas behind the place. Sure, we all have a moan about America once in a while, particularly when some hick claims you invented liberty or democracy, but I really quite like the place
about 1 year ago
@Rachiejane1 Pretty sure he hasn’t, but you should have a look at Billy Connolly’s “World Tour” series, it’s pretty good.
about 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 damn son you must be a boring person, I wouldn’t want to hang out with you o_0
about 1 year ago
@Oblisk47 oi oi oi oi oi leave our women alone!!
America is a fascinating place. Ignore what mankind has done to America and it is one of the most vast diverse lands in the world. Great forests, large deserts beautiful lakes eerie swamps… I could go on. People wise there are… many.. “interesting” people in the states. But for nature alone there is enough reason to visit the states!
about 1 year ago
To our European friends, we don’t have much to see here. As much as I love our country, our ideals make us great, not our scenery. New York is awsome, Washington D.C. is quite over rated, and other than that….. we don’t have much to see. Most young Americans want to go to Europe. You guys have all the history, scenery, and cuisine.
Not to mention your women have a cute English Accent o_0
about 1 year ago
@Unit06JAW
Yeah you not lyin’. We Americans feel the same way.
about 1 year ago
I love Americans, just detest your goverment.
Worse than us brits : /
about 1 year ago
he’s so good!!!
about 1 year ago
@paulwlynch I read somewhere that BBC four are commisioning a series called ‘more fry in america’ including more in deph detail about his tour of the states
about 1 year ago
Stephen Fry is an absolute legend and seems like an lovely person. I will watch anything that he is. I hope he makes a series about Britain cos we have some really beautiful places. Unless I have missed it and he already has…?