We Tripantu, the Mapuche New Year in Chile
We Tripantu, the Mapuche New Year in Chile is held on June 24. Celebration of the return of the sun. This event in the third decade of the month June is annual. Help us
We tripantu or wüñoy Tripantu is the Mapuche New Year celebration that takes place on the southern winter solstice (the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere) between June 21 and 24. We tripantu is a day of celebration for the Mapuche and corresponds to the beginning of the increasingly longer days until the summer solstice and the eventual rebirth of nature after the entering winter. The Mapuche New Year is equivalent to the celebration of the New Year on December 31 in countries that use the Gregorian calendar, close to the northern winter solstice (the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere).
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Yhyàkh in Yakutia on June 21 (traditional summer meeting, Yakut New Year);
Inti Raymi and Indian Day on June 21 (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador);
Andean New Year in Bolivia on June 21 (On the 21st of June, Bolivia observes a national holiday in recognition of the Aymara who inhabit the West of Bolivia and Southern Peru);
Muslim New Year on July 6 (The Islamic New Year, also known as Arabic New Year, Muharram or Hijri New Year is the day that marks the beginning of a new Hijri year);
Enkutatash in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rastafari on September 11 (Celebrated on the first day of Mäskäräm)