Festa da Colheita Entre Rios de Minas 2026
A 66th-edition harvest festival in this small coffee and cattle town that combines rodeio, an ox-cart parade, a Campo Mass and the blessing of seeds and animals in one of the most enduring rural customs in central Minas Gerais.
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"Pilgrims walk up to 90 km across the cerrado to the tiny hilltop basilica of Nossa Senhora da Abadia in Romaria, a small town of barely 3,400 people that becomes the devotional heart of Minas Gerais every August for its 156th annual festa."
Festa de Nossa Senhora da Abadia
"A tradition of more than 80 years rooted in a miraculous healing spring, this single-day pilgrimage festa at the Santuário Ecológico da Água Santa above Bicas draws devotees by foot, horseback, and charrete for mass, cavalgada, and típica food."
Festa dos Romeiros
"A two-century-old Congado celebration in the Vale do Jequitinhonha, registered as Minas Gerais intangible heritage, where tamborzeiros, congadeiros and a royal reinado cortege process through a tiny hillside town to crown Nossa Senhora do Rosário."
Festa de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos de Chapada do Norte
"On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, also celebrated as Family Day in Conceição do Mato Dentro, the colonial town hosts traditional processions, novenas, and masses honouring the city's original patroness in one of Minas Gerais's oldest annual religious observances."
Festa de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
"Jacuí's most traditional event, where three historic Congo ternos perform ritual chants and dances across four December days, culminating in packed street performances in the Praça Presidente Vargas."
Festa da Congada de Jacuí
"Dating to 1887, this is the most celebrated Congada of the south-west Minas Gerais region, where multiple Congo and Moçambique ternos parade through Pratápolis streets from Christmas to New Year honouring Nossa Senhora do Rosário and São Benedito."
Congada de Pratápolis