ARGENTINA

JUJUY

This city was founded on April 19th, 1593 by Francisco de Argañaraz y Murguía. It is sorrounded by mountains within the triangle made up by the tall herbaceous of Nieva and the rivers Xibi-Xibi and Grande. Right from this place, the ravine of Humahuaca begins to ascend; a natural climbing path to the Puna, with grounds of changing tones that range from blue to red. 
Its modern buildings alternate with others of colonial style. The city has a modern receiving infrastructure such as comfortable hotels, restaurants, and cafeterias. It has a quite active commercial centre where you can purchase sweaters made of threads of llamita and merino, as well as several regional articles, especially in the shops of  Belgrano, Alvear,  Lavalle or Necochea streets. Walking around its neighbourhoods, you will get to know about its people's customs and environments, its uneven streets,  and the big old houses with grating windows and flowered yards. 
Whenever there is a religious festivity, people from these places walk down the mountains making up parades and playing  music with typical local instruments. People from Jujuy are enthusiast of a carnival that displays singular auctonous colours. Some of the traditional festivities are  la Mancha Fiesta, in La Quiaca, and El Toreo de la Vincha in Casabindo. Those who travel to this city during Christmas will have the chance to see traditional aspects such as the typical Holy Families, Christmas carols, the antique Danza de las cintas (Dance of the ribbons) or Trence y Destrence (Braiding and Unbriding) carried out by groups of children, all of them, expressions of lively significance and colouring.  Carnival festivities and the Latin American National festivity of the student from September 17th, to 23th also reach singular importance. From August 23rd, the week of the exodo takes place, as a reminder of this fact that took place during the Independence War, when the people from Jujuy escorted  the General Belgrano in his withdrawal leaving a devastated land  to the realists.