Oruro's carnival

In February, thousands and thousands of dancers, musicians, and onlookers come to Oruro. This is the favorite annual celebration of Bolivian people, and one of the greatest of Latin America. A mix of pre-Hispanic legends, Christian symbols, monsters and saints, the most famous dance of the Oruro’s carnival is the Diablada. There also is a certain number of traditional dances, the Caporales, Llamaderas, Morenadas (Afro-Bolivian dance) and Tinkus. Festivities end with the choreographed dance between the Angel and the Devil. While water bombs fly from everywhere. The carnival in itself only lasts a week-end but dances and parades start several weeks before. It is for its carnival that Oruro has been assigned Word Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO.