Fiesta de la Tirana

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Fiesta de la Tirana is a major religious and folkloric festival in northern Chile that honors the Virgen del Carmen with days of traditional Andean music, dance, and colorful costumes.

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instanceOf folkloric festival
religious festival
associatedWith Chilean national patroness Virgen del Carmen NERFINISHED
Virgen del Carmen de La Tirana NERFINISHED
attracts devotional dance groups
pilgrims from all over Chile
tourists
country Chile
danceType caporales
cullaguadas
diabladas
morenadas
tinkus
duration several days
features Catholic masses
brass bands
colorful costumes
devotional dances
fireworks
religious processions
traditional Andean music
votive offerings
frequency annual
governedBy Catholic Church authorities
hasAspect collective promises and vows
popular religiosity
syncretism of Catholic and indigenous beliefs
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Andean culture
Aymara culture NERFINISHED
Quechua culture NERFINISHED
Spanish colonial Catholicism
heldIn town of La Tirana
honors Our Lady of Mount Carmel NERFINISHED
Virgen del Carmen NERFINISHED
language Spanish
locatedIn Pampa del Tamarugal NERFINISHED
Tarapacá Region NERFINISHED
northern Chile
mainDate 16 July
musicStyle Andean brass band music
religious hymns
organizedBy dance fraternities
local parish
region Atacama Desert area NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
significance major pilgrimage event in northern Chile
one of the most important religious festivals in Chile
timeOfYear July

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