The carnival is a perfect scene for showing Bolivia’s plurinational diversity. The different dances covers the whole country and represent many different indigenous dances and mucis.

Here you go: The Andean region of the Bolivian Altiplano and the Yungas valleys: Groups include the negritos, Afro-Bolivian saya and the caporales. This area is densely populated, including the departments of Potosí, Oruro and part of La Paz. This area is rich in folklore, with dances including the tinku, llamerada (llameros), kullawada, kallawaya, the siklla (wayra, doctorcitos), Inkas and kantu. Valleys area: Cochabamba, Tarija and Chuquisaca, including the putulu and pukllay dances. The plains and forests: departments of Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, Tarija and Chuquisaca featuring multi-ethnic war dances. All the dances share Oruro origin like the dance of the devils or diablada, morenada, antawara, awatiri, suri sikuri, wititi, intillaqta, tarqueadas and sampoñaris.

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