Fiesta de San Juan (St. John’s Festival)
June 23 @ 8:00 am – June 25 @ 5:00 pm
Location: Amazon regions (especially Iquitos, Pucallpa, Tarapoto)
Highlights:
Celebrates the Amazonian winter solstice with water purification rituals
Traditional dances like the pandilla and humisha (tree cutting ceremony)
Feast of juanes (seasoned rice wrapped in bijao leaves)