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    The Festival of Gran Poder in La Paz, Bolivia is one of the biggest festivals in the city. It is based on a 17th century painting of Christ with Indian or mestizo features. Devotion to this painting grew and the Church of the All Powerful was founded in its name in 1939. The festival began with a small procession but has grown into a massive celebration with over 60,000 dancers and musicians. It takes place over several days in late May or early June, with costumed dancers honoring Bolivia's ethnic groups and folklore traditions in parades through the city.

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    The Festival of Gran Poder in La Paz, Bolivia is one of the biggest festivals in the city. It is based on a 17th century painting of Christ with Indian or mestizo features. Devotion to this painting grew and the Church of the All Powerful was founded in its name in 1939. The festival began with a small procession but has grown into a massive celebration with over 60,000 dancers and musicians. It takes place over several days in late May or early June, with costumed dancers honoring Bolivia's ethnic groups and folklore traditions in parades through the city.

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    The Festival of Gran Poder in La Paz, Bolivia is one of the biggest festivals in the city. It is based on a 17th century painting of Christ with Indian or mestizo features. Devotion to this painting grew and the Church of the All Powerful was founded in its name in 1939. The festival began with a small procession but has grown into a massive celebration with over 60,000 dancers and musicians. It takes place over several days in late May or early June, with costumed dancers honoring Bolivia's ethnic groups and folklore traditions in parades through the city.

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    El Gran Poder

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    The Festival of Gran Poder in La Paz, Bolivia is one of the biggest festivals in the city. It is based on a 17th century painting of Christ with Indian or mestizo features. Devotion to this painting grew and the Church of the All Powerful was founded in its name in 1939. The festival began with a small procession but has grown into a massive celebration with over 60,000 dancers and musicians. It takes place over several days in late May or early June, with costumed dancers honoring Bolivia's ethnic groups and folklore traditions in parades through the city.

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    The Festival of Gran Poder in La Paz One of the biggest festivals in La Paz is the Fiesta del Gran Poder.

    El Gran Poder means the all powerful and the festival is based on Christ the All Powerful, the 2nd figure in an early 17th century painting of the trinity in which the three entities display Indian or mestizo features. The artist is unknown; a novice nun had brought the painting with her it as her offering upon entering a convent, after which the painting changed hands many times amidst a growing reputation for granting miracles. Devotion grew and in 1939 the Parochial Church of the All Powerful was founded in its name. What began in the 1930s with a handful of dancers has exploded through the years into a riotous celebration reminiscent of Carnaval, which falls a couple of months earlier. Parades and processions with the dark figure of the Christ, music and costumed dancers honoring cultural and ethnic backgrounds and performing selections from Bolivias rich folkloric legacy, such as the famous Morenada. The atmosphere is like a street party, with endless beer flowing as is commonly seen in many of South Americas religious celebrations! Dates change, but the festival always lands in the latter half of May or beginning of June. This year, the celebration falls on June 22nd. These days, dancers and musicians alone surpass 60,000 people- not bad for a festival which began as a simple candlelit procession! The procession with the painting is followed by 53 folkloric fraternities which represent different parts of the city or groups of people. Each fraternity is accompanied by a brass band in the middle and another in the back, and many dancers have instruments called matracas which click to the music. Their costumes can be the voluminous (or, for the younger dancers, voluminous in width but nonexistent in length!) skirts of the chola, costumes referencing historical figures from conquistadors to colonialists, Incas, African slaves, native indigenous groups, and more. Theyll follow a route through the streets of the popular zone and then arrive at the Hernando Siles stadium. (Where you can get seats but it wont be free.) Those who dance make a promise to do so for three years as an act of thanksgiving, generally asking favors of the Christ before the festival day. Dancers continue for 5 hours, in costumes averaging 25.5kg! Some of the most popular dances include the Morenada, the Diablada (Devils Dance) with its elaborate and colorful costumes, where the Devil represents the guardian to the Bolivian mines and receives coca leaves and other offerings in exchange for safe passage, and the Waca Takhoris, or Dancing Bulls, which requires a dancer to don a stuffed bulls head and dried bulls skin. Tips for Enjoying the Festival of Gran Poder in La Paz! Make reservations in advance! This is a high season for La Paz, and foresight will allow you to ensure availability and resist price gouging. Expect main avenues and streets in central la Paz to be shut down, so moving around will be easiest by foot. Prepare for strong afternoon sun and cold evenings- sun protection and light layers are essential. Dont overexert yourself if youre newly arrived- hydration and rest are essential for combating altitude sickness. Be wary of pickpockets- no more than small change in the outer pockets, and definitely no little electronics such as cameras, mp3s, or phones in outer pockets.

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