Festivals in Ecuador

Festivals

Season or date: Late June

Andean indigenous celebration of the sun god at the winter solstice, with large ceremonies in Cuenca and Otavalo.

Season or date: February before Lent

Unique carnival with water, flour, and colored powder fights. Guaranda and Ambato are famous.

Season or date: November 2

Graves are decorated and offerings of "colada morada" bread and purple corn drink are made to ancestors.

Season or date: September and November

Mestizo cultural costume parade held in Latacunga.

Season or date: October 9

Fireworks and concerts celebrating the birth of the coastal region's largest city.

Season or date: First week of December

The capital Quito is enlivened with bullfighting, chiva buses, and street dancing.

Season or date: Week before Easter

Catholic processions in purple robes and consumption of bean soup "fanesca."

Season or date: September

Fair and parade celebrating the world's largest export crop in Machala, El Oro Province.