Celebrations

Celebration: Christmas The celebration of Christmas is one of the most important Christian festivals, along with Easter, which celebrates the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. This feast is celebrated on December 25.
Others use the term Christmas, meaning Mass (mass) of Christ. "In some Germanic languages such as German, the festivities is called Weihnachten, meaning 'Night of Blessing'. The Christmas festivities are proposed, as its name suggests, celebrate the nativity (ie birth) of Jesus of Nazareth.


National Celebration: Feria de la Chinita
According to the tradition of Zulia,Maracaibo La Chinita reached the waves of the lake. The story goes that one day in 1749, just a simple woman washing clothes on the shores of Lake Maracaibo, when suddenly he saw floating a thin wooden board, which picked up thinking it might be useful to hide the jar of water that was in the corridor of his house. The next morning, when I was brewing coffee, she heard a pounding like someone was calling. He went to see what was happening and was overwhelmed with amazement at the glowing planchette and it appeared the image of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá.
Since November 18 is particularly welcomes the maximum party that pays tribute to the patron saint of Zulia, is undoubtedly one of the best festivities in Venezuela.