Name: Day of the Powders – Tolox
Start: 2026-02-17T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-17T20:00:00+01:00
Location: malaga

Day of the Powders – Tolox

Event details

Tolox, Plaza Alta y las calles del casco antiguo, malaga, malaga

17 February 2026 until 17 February 2026

# Tolox

Tolox is a municipality in Málaga located in the heart of the Sierra de las Nieves and is distinguished by maintaining its most ancestral traditions during the carnivals, celebrating the Day of the Powders, a festival that traditionally takes place the night before Ash Wednesday, where, according to tradition, the townspeople throw talcum powder at each other until they are completely covered in powder.

This tradition seems to originate from the 19th century when young men used this game to declare their love to their beloved. The Carnival of Tolox is one of the oldest known in our province.

Currently, this festival is celebrated in the Plaza Alta of the town and through the streets of the old town.