who’s who?

-la Morenada

heavier, full body costumes portraying the mockery of the spanish enslavers who forced the indiginous and trfficked africans to work in the silver mines of potosí.

-la diablada

also is represented using ornate, full body costumes, but they depict angels and demons. the fight between good and evil plays a major role in this event since religion has always set the tone for those from the region. Themes combine the traditional miner folklore and catholic influence.

-tobas

dancers reenact cerimonial fighting traditional to the potosí region as well.

-caporales

dancers wearing the boots with bells and military-style costume. The story behind this group is the relationship between the enslavers and the enslaved. Eventually, some of the enslaved became overseers over the others. This created a complicated dynamic between them.

*there are many more groups represented during carnaval as well!