Little Havana will be transformed into a display of Bolivian culture on Friday when it hosts the 10th Bolivian and International Carnival at Domino Park Plaza. The celebration, part of the recurring ...

Archbishop Tito Solari of Cochabamba in Bolivia has called on the faithful to avoid excessive Carnival celebrations this week. In a message to the faithful in his country, he asked Bolivians to avoid ...

STORY: After the kiss of the carnival queen, Pepino joyfully started performing traditional dances, officially kicking off the countdown to the carnival. The annual ritual surrounding Pepino's, ...

Bolivians marched on Monday (November 17, 2025) to defend their carnival clown "Cucumber" ("Pepino") after the character was ...

ORURO, Bolivia (Reuters) - In a Bolivian Carnival tradition, dozens of howling-drunk miners cut the hearts from four trussed-up llamas in a dark mine tunnel lit by a bonfire, accompanied by the ...

STORY: Representing the spirit of carnival, the clown-like figure of Pepino, or cucumber in Spanish, struggles to escape the casket's confines, but can't. Dozens of dancers follow the casket, asking ...

Tens of thousands of tourists, and 20,000 musicians and dancers participate every year at the colorful four day carnival in Bolivians mountain city of Oruro. Tens of thousands of tourists, and 20,000 ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia – Police say eight people have now died from the explosion of a gas canister at a Bolivian Carnival parade, and the toll of injured has risen to at least 40. Police commandant Romel ...

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