page_title: Vacas Municipality
section_title: Festivities
hierarchical_section_title: Vacas Municipality / Festivities
caption_attribution_description: Español: Fachada del Templo Parroquial Santa Bárbara de Vacas, ubicada en la acera norte de la Plaza 4 de diciembre.
context_page_description: Vacas Municipality is the second municipal section of the Arani Province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Vacas known as the "Land of the potato". During the Inca Empire Vacas served as a tampu along the Inca road system that led to Inkallaqta and Pocona.
  It is bordered to the north by the Tiraque Province, to the west by the Arani Municipality, to the south by the Mizque Province and to the southeast by the Carrasco Province, and it is sized 334 km².
context_section_description: February or March: Carnival, Takipayanakus (variable date)
  April: Fish, potato and crafts fair in Vacas (second or third Sunday).
  May 4: Santa Vera Cruz Tatala in Vacas and Paredones
  May 14: Saint Isidore in Misuk'ani and Paredones
  May or June: Corpus Christi in Vacas
  June 29: Saint Peter in Vacas
  July 16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the patron saint of Bolivia, in Vacas
  August 2: Peasant Day in Challwa Mayu and Ch'alla Q'awa
  August 3: Our Lady of Copacabana in Challwa Mayu
  October 15: Anniversary of Vacas Municipality
  November 2: All Souls' Day (All Saints), Wayllunk'as.
  December 4: Saint Barbara, Anniversary of Vacas.
  Every year on December 4, combined with a couple of activities, the population of Vacas celebrates its anniversary of foundation and the feast of its patron Saint Barbara whose image is venerated with much devotion by the residents and people from abroad. The pilgrims come to worship and to ask their patron for little favours, especially for rain and the protection from lightning.
  There is a traditional tale telling that many years ago Saint Barbara appeared as a shepherdess on the shore of Qucha Quchita. The people who arrived at this place attracked by the incident found a beautiful image of the saint which they carried to the village of Vacas. Because of this event Vacas was founded officially as Santa Bárbara de Bacas in the middle of the 17th century.
caption: Saint Barbara church in Vacas
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