Bolivia News » Oruro News Bolivia » Oruro » Music: Carnaval de Oruro: The Essential Guide To Bolivia’s UNESCO-Listed Carnival
Bolivia’s signature Carnival lives in the thin air of the Altiplano, in a mining city that turns devotion into a marathon parade. Carnaval de Oruro sits at the center of the country’s cultural ...
News Bolivia » Oruro » Music: Women conquer space in Bolivia's Carnival of Oruro
See special Global Voices coverage on how women fight gender violence in Latin America. Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world’s countries to shut down, colors exploded in bright arrays and ...
News Bolivia » Oruro » Music: Endangered armadillos are being turned into carnival rattles
Trudging along to a slow, mournful song, more than a thousand dancers in elaborate costumes fill the streets for the Bolivian Carnival of Oruro. As the procession advances, the dancers twist the ...
News Bolivia » Oruro » Music: Inside Oruro: The city that dances with fire and legend
High in the mountains of Bolivia, far above sea level where the air feels thinner and the sky seems almost close enough to touch, lies a city unlike any other: Oruro. At first glance, it may look ...