Chilean festivals are much like the country, colourful and whether the reason for the fiesta is religious, historical or just a massive street party such as the Loveparade, you know you that it will be a rich affair.
Wine in Chile has a reputation for being a good bottle for a good price, so naturally the country celebrates a number of wine festivals.
The other passion of the Chileans is their music which also features in a number of gala festivals.
The Malloco Wine and Cheese Festival held in March is a new fiesta which in its early years received some 10,000 people displaying and testing the produce. A few years on and the number has exploded ten-fold as connoisseurs and vino-lovers alike head to Malloco to work their way their way through the bottles and plates to decide on their favourite combinations.
One of the biggest and most important events in Latin America is the week long Viña del Mar, an annual festival of music and song which takes place in the town of the same name the third week of February.
