Carnaval de Oruro

Bolivia hosts a pagan-Catholic blend of a party that has secured its position as one of the most important Carnivals in the world alongside Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Tenerife (Spain). This carnival party has its origin in the age-old incantations the Andean people made to Pachamama (Mother Earth), Tío Supay (Incarnation of the Devil) and the Virgen of Socavón …