La Fiesta del Gran Poder

The Bolivians are so nice they threw us a party as soon as we arrived. It started about 9 this morning and is still going on. Okay, it wasn't just for us. It's a yearly festival called La Fiesta del Gran Poder. All these different dance groups do a variety of traditional and some modern dances. The schedule has 52 groups on it, and each group has between 100 and 500 dancers in colorful costumes with their own marching band (the larger groups have more than one band). People set off fireworks and throw confetti from the sidelines. It's like our parades only much longer and more lively.