Virgin of Candelaria

Copacabana, Bolivia

Celebrated
in many Hispanic countries, the festival of the "Virgen de la
Candelaria" has special significance in this small Bolivian town on the shore of Lake Titicaca. Here known as the
"Dark Virgin of the Lake", and
holding the exalted position of Patroness Of Bolivia, she is revered for a
series of miracles. The sleepy town fills with people in the days leading up to
the festival, when there are parades, an abundance of colourful native
costumes, music, drinking and celebrating. During the fiesta of the statue of
the Virgin leaves its home in the ornate, Moorish-style Cathedral to be paraded
through the streets and squares of this attractive town

Themes:
Music , Dance , Spectacle , Religion

Hours:
All day

Cost:
Free

Where:
Various locations in Copacabana

Venues
include: cathedral and main squares

Copacabana, Bolivia

Getting
there:

In
centre. Copacabana is approx 190km (120 miles) or 4 hours' drive, northwest of La Paz