Dances
Many dances and songs contain elements from both the native and European cultures. Caporales seems to be the most popular Bolivian dance of present times – in a few decades it has developed into an enormously popular dance, not only in the Highlands where it originated, but also in the Lowlands and in Bolivian communities outside the country. In the Highlands, other traditional and still very popular dances are:
- Morenada
- Kullawada
- Diablada
- Ch´utas
- Waka Waka (Waca Waca)
- Doctorcitos
- Suri Sicuri
- Tinku
- Pujllay
- Tobas
- Auqui Auqui
- Llamerada
- Cambitas
- Chacarera
- Afro-Bolivian Saya
In the Lowlands, there are:
- Macheteros
- Taquirari
- Chovena
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Our whole body is like a harbor at dawn;
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“Now I am light, now I fly, now I see myself beneath myself, now a god dances through me.”
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