Festivals in all of South America

Festivals and Holidays in Ecuador

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Month Date When Festival Location
February --- Takes place in the week before Lent Carnaval National
February --- The weekend before Ash Wednesday Carnival in Ambato - Fiesta de las Frutas y las Flores Ambato
April 21 --- The marking of the Battle of Tapi Riobamba
May 1 --- Labor Day National
May 24 --- Battle of Pichincha Parades National
June --- --- Inti Raymi Otavalo
June --- The ninth Thursday after Easter Corpus Christi Many central highland towns
June 23 - 25 --- The Festival of the Jorobadas Whales Puerto Lopez
June 24 --- Festival of Saint John the Baptist (San Juan Bautista) Otavalo and the surrounding highland communities
June 24 - 29 --- San Pedro Y San Pablo (Saint Peter and Saint Paul) Otavalo, San Pablo Village, Puerto Lopez
July 24 --- Simon Bolivar's Birthday (South America's great liberator) National
July 25 --- Foundation Day Guayaquil
August 10 --- Independence Day Quito
September 1 - 15 --- Fiesta del Yamor Otavalo
September 15 --- Dia Mundial Limpieza de las Playas (World Clean Beaches Day) Beaches
September 23 - 24 --- La Fiesta de la Mama Negra Latacunga
September 23 - 24 --- Fiesta de la Virgen de la Merced (Virgin of Mercy) National, Puerto Lopez
October 9 --- Independence Day Guayaquil
October 12 --- Balsa Mantena Salango
October 12 --- Dia de la Raza (Day of the Race) and Columbus Day National
November 1 - 3 --- Independence Day Cuenca
November 18 --- Independence Day Loja
December --- First week of December Foundation Day, Bullfights Quito
December --- Mid-month Banos Festival Banos