Image · EFMA·IMG·0445

Virgin of Candelaria, Oruro, Bolivia 01

2008 · Oruro, Bolivia

16th-century fresco painted on a wall at the entrance to the Socavón in the colonial town of Oruro. Devotion to this image gave rise to the Oruro Carnival, which has spread to other towns in Bolivia, Peru and Chile.

Date: 2008
Place: Oruro, Bolivia
People: Oscar Jesús Elías Lucero (photography)
In the encyclopedia: Carnaval de Oruro ↗Ritual and religious music ↗
Format: JPEG / WebP / AVIF
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Credit: Oscar Jesús Elías Lucero
Source: commons.wikimedia.org ↗
No.: EFMA·IMG·0445

See in the encyclopedia: Carnaval de Oruro

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