Gran Poder
La Fiesta del Señor Jesús del Gran Poder (the festival of the Grand Power of the Lord Jesus), in La Paz.
All day long, 50 plus marching bands (from 7am to 11pm) went round a huge 4km circuit in the capital, interspersed with traditional dances from every corner of the country (Bolivia). Fancy costumes, fake bull fights, spanish-taunting, amazon-huntering, dance of the dead, pretty much everything.
Its really cool being over 6foot, you could see over the entire crowd.
This was our chance to get out the country, the protesters had called a halt to the demonstrations to get drunk. The monday afterwards they redoubled their efforts. (Oh, and its official, the army is not planning a coup: BBC news
All day long, 50 plus marching bands (from 7am to 11pm) went round a huge 4km circuit in the capital, interspersed with traditional dances from every corner of the country (Bolivia). Fancy costumes, fake bull fights, spanish-taunting, amazon-huntering, dance of the dead, pretty much everything.
Its really cool being over 6foot, you could see over the entire crowd.
This was our chance to get out the country, the protesters had called a halt to the demonstrations to get drunk. The monday afterwards they redoubled their efforts. (Oh, and its official, the army is not planning a coup: BBC news
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