---
title: "Traditional Holy Week Festivities"
id: "semana-santa-tumbes"
category: "events"
zone: "Tumbes"
price: "Free entry (food and drinks not included)"
hours: "Movable (March - April)"
url: "https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/semana-santa-tumbes/"
verified: false
source: "MiTumbes.com - Plataforma Turística Oficial de Tumbes"
---

# Traditional Holy Week Festivities

Religious celebration with movable timing between March and April, with silent processions, vigil masses and meat fasting that boosts fish consumption.

## Datos Clave / Quick Facts
- **Zona:** Tumbes
- **Precio:** Free entry (food and drinks not included)
- **Horario:** Movable (March - April)
- **Servicios:** Silent processions, Vigil masses, Fish and seafood dishes
- **Actividades:** Walking the silent processions, Attending the vigil masses, Tasting fish and seafood dishes

## Cómo Llegar
It is celebrated in churches, streets and squares throughout the Tumbes region.

## Información Detallada
The carnival festivities come to an end to make way for the recollection of Holy Week, whose movable timing between March and April marks the end of the intense summer in Tumbes. During this liturgical stage, Andean and European syncretism is expressed through silent processions, vigil masses and an atmosphere of devotion throughout the region.

In strict compliance with the Catholic meat fasting, there is a preferential consumption of aquatic resources, which significantly boosts demand at the fishing terminals of Puerto Pizarro and Zorritos. The celebration thus combines the spiritual dimension with intense economic activity linked to fishing.


## Cita Oficial
MiTumbes. (2026). *Traditional Holy Week Festivities*. Guía Turística de Tumbes. https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/semana-santa-tumbes/