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    The town of La Tirana in northern Chile holds an annual festival on July 16th to celebrate the Virgen del Carmen. The festival originated from the story of an Inca princess named Huillac Humu who fell in love with a Spanish soldier and converted to Christianity, angering her community who killed them with arrows. A church was later built on the site of their graves. The La Tirana festival attracts 200,000-250,000 visitors each year, vastly more than the town's population of 560, to experience traditional dances and celebrate in the high desert landscape of the Pampa del Tamarugal.

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    The town of La Tirana in northern Chile holds an annual festival on July 16th to celebrate the Virgen del Carmen. The festival originated from the story of an Inca princess named Huillac Humu who fell in love with a Spanish soldier and converted to Christianity, angering her community who killed them with arrows. A church was later built on the site of their graves. The La Tirana festival attracts 200,000-250,000 visitors each year, vastly more than the town's population of 560, to experience traditional dances and celebrate in the high desert landscape of the Pampa del Tamarugal.

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    La Tirana Festival North of Chile

    The town of La Tirana is located in the Pampa del Tamarugal, has 818 inhabitants and an altitude of 995 mt, was declared Typical Zone. It is a small and calm town, in which, every July 16th, it is celebrated the day of the Virgen of Carmen.

    Pampa del Tamarugal


    ("Plateau of the Tamarugal")
    The beautiful landscape during the day. This place is a vast plain encompassing a significant portion of the Norte Grande, Chile, and originally named for the Prosopis tamarugo trees that used to cover its surface.

    Tamarugo tree and fruit.


    Tamarugo tree.

    Tamarugo fruit

    Virgen of Carmen

    The celebration takes place on July 16 in honor of Virgen del Carmen.

    The origins of La Tirana Festival in the Pampa del Tamarugal date back to 1540. During Diego de Almagros expedition (the discoverer of Chile), a group of natives established in this place in the desert. Within the natives, there was an Incaican princess, called Huillac Humu, also known as La Tirana for her despotism towards the Spanish. She fell in love with Almeyda, an Spanish soldier who was captured by the natives and condemned to death. Nevertheless, the princess wanted to get married to the soldier and became to Christianity. However, this betrayal was not forgiven by her community and the lovers had to die under a rain of arrows.

    Around the year 1650, Antonio Rondn built an hermitage next to the cross of her grave. In the XVII century a church was built and around it, the town began to arise, reaching its current form before 1879. The lovers remain buried in the place where the festivity of La Tirana is celebrated. Huillac Humu

    La Tirana is the biggest geographically localized religious festivity in Chile and attracts between 200,000 and 250,000 visitors during the week of celebrations, while the villages population is normally of 560 inhabitants.

    During this Festival people dance to celebrate, they dance several types of dancing such as:
    Antawaras Chinos Chunchos Gitanos Indios Kallahuallas Kullacas Las Diabladas

    Pampa del Tamarugal


    La Pampa during the night.

    Now, What do think, would you like to go to La Tirana Festival?

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