Participants diablada dancing, dance that represents fighting between the forces of good and evil
The Carnival of Oruro is a religious celebration and a cultural process of inter cultural as "Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". The Ito festival was transformed into a Christian ritual, the Virgin of Candelaria on 2 February (is in Oruro where the typical dance Diablada born and adapted in adjacent countries), and the traditional "lama lama "or" Diablada" became the main dance typical of Oruro in Bolivia. Throughout the festival involving more than 48 folk groups distributed in 18 specialties dances they perform their pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Virgin of Socavon every Saturday of Carnival in the traditional "Entrada". This celebration by the great popularity achieved in recent years due to its great cultural event and tourist attraction, went to become one of the most important festivals in Latin America.
Size: 2848px × 4287px
Location: Oruro, Bolivia
Photo credit: © Nacho Calonge / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: america, attraction, bolivia, carnival, carnivals, catholicism, celebrate, celebrating, celebration, color, colour, coloured, colourful, costume, cultural, dance, dancing, devil, diablada, disguise, dress, fancy, fantasy, festival, folk, folklore, folkloric, fun, group, heritage, holiday, holidays, human, humanity, intangible, latin, mask, masked, oruro, parade, parades, people, popularity, religion, religious, ritual, south, tourism, touristic, tradition, traditional, travel
