Aftermath of a globo/espuma (water balloon/foam) war. During pauses in the parade we would either initiate globo wars with, or do the best to defend ourselves from, other spectators watching the parade. Actually the globo/espuma fighting can be really fun if you want to play. I never actually initiated any fights with anyone, but if somebody tried to get mess with me I had no qualms about going after them. I didn´t care if it was just a little kid! haha...I can´t tell you how good it felt to espuma some punk kid right in the face after all I went through last carnaval! And I should also mention that the spectators are much more respectful of the dancers in Oruro. If you tried to throw a water ballon at one of the dancers you would be publicly humiliated.
Los Diablos (the devils) getting ready to dance. 
Every group of dancers some a few hundred strong, has a band backing them up. A lot of the band members don´t look so good. A combination of exhaustion from walking the parade route with their heavy instruments and drunkenness (mostly drunkenness). But this band was pretty awesome. Sharply dressed and full of energy.
These dancers are performing the Tinku. My favorite Bolivian dance. It´s basically a reenactment of a fighting ritual that the Tinku people still do to this day (to the death!). Both the music and the dance is really high energy and really exciting to watch.
And last but not least... my favorite Carnaval character the Oso! It´s supposed to be a bear, not a deranged giant rat.
More to come...
2 comments:
Coooool!!! we want more pictures of the carnival now... Mike
oops, i just realized you are not posting any more, ok, a really enjoyed reading!! if you upload pictures to flickr or smthg, let us know!! greetings
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