The dance of the oger Photo

Photographer’s Note

Carnivals are huge in Bolivia. It is one of the most important celebrtations during the year. The festivities are different from region to region.

In Oruro, at 3,800 meters above the pacific ocean, the big feast is composed of thousand of street dancers and hundreds of thousands of espectators, who party and celebrate during all day and night. UNESCO has recently declared Oruro's carnival as intangible world heritage.

This dancer is a Moreno, and they represent the African slaves brought to work at the silver mines by the spaniards during colonial times. This is the most popular dance in this region's celebrations.

This image is scanned.

arturo, stego, shirgold, siolaw, Silvio1953 has marked this note useful

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arturo (31) 2006-11-08 14:44

Hi Daniel,

seems like the first image from la Diablada on this site...beautiful costume, the contrasting blue and yellow remind of the ocean which is 3.800 meters lower;-)...i guess just a sample what this festival really stands for...pity we can not see more of the dancer...cheers, arturo

shirgold (2440) 2006-11-09 9:06

Hola Daniel,
Nice to finnaly see an image from the Oruro carnival on TE. I have heard so much about it and it's a matter of time until I will go myself.
I like the image a lot for it's colors but focus is a bit soft. I guess that's a scanned image?
TFS - Shir

siolaw (25890) 2006-11-09 10:14

hello Daniel,
Nice colorful compo of the dancer, with good colors and resolution, as shir said focus a bit soft but not bad! and interesting subject! Maybe we can see a more general view soon!
Laurent

erdna (5360) 2006-11-10 10:38

A very interesting write-up and a good picture to go with it. Thehigher point of view makes this different from other carnival photos. Very well done.

Thank you for your vist and comments.

Andre'

Silvio1953 (43412) 2006-11-10 17:41

Hi Daniel, beautiful composition full of wonderful colors, interesting note, Bravo, ciao Silvio

Photo65Net (43106) 2006-11-11 13:07

Hi,
Very nice graphism in your pic.
Bright colours, and good sharpness.
Very nice,
JB.

rbcy1974 (20746) 2006-11-18 17:58

HOla Daniel
Es increible los puentes que existen entre las diferentes culturas. Estos disfraces me recuerdan a los que vi en una salida de trekearth al ano nuevo chino en enero de este ano.
Muy lindos detalles y colores
bien capturado
Saludos
Daniel
PS tu conoces a los otros bolivianos del sitio? eg Alajandro, Gabriel