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Carnaval of Oruro Bolivia
Documentary of the most wonderful cultural event in Bolivia,
South America and the whole Continent the Carnaval of Oruro.
It was declared by the UNESCO
Masterpiece of the Oral Patrimony and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
History and achievements
of Sambos Illimani

Los Sambos Caporales Bloque
Illimani La Paz - Bolivia. Their
achievements that crossed the
borders of Bolivia. Consecutive
winners of the Corso de Corsos in
Cochabamba - Bolivia and more
achievements shown on this video, a
well deserved homage, the same
example that  Sambos Caporales
USA follows
Fourth Bolivian Guinness World Record, this time with the "Caporal Dance"
The Paseo of El Prado was the main setting where hundreds of children,
youths and adults showed the world that the dance of the Caporales
belongs to Bolivia.

The Paseo of El Prado, in the city of La Paz ,Bolivia was the main stage for
more than 5000 dancers to beat a new Guinness Record for the country,
through the dance of the Caporales. Dancers of all ages and genders
showed the entire world that this dance is from Bolivia.

The color, the variety of musical themes interpreted by five brass bands of
music and the happiness they characterized on Sunday which was qualified
as "historic" by the organizers. Due to the fact that the dancers did not only
break the record of the largest quantity of Caporales, but also beat the
record for the longest time dancing more than 3 hours.

The organizer and present president of the Bolivian Organization and
Diffusion of the Folklore (Obdefo), Napoleon Gómez, expressed its
happiness to have marked history inside the record Guinness, besides of exposing to the world the dance of the Caporales as a clearly Bolivian dance.

By its side, the chief clerk of Culture from the city Hall of La Paz, Pablo Groux, qualified the event as "interesting" and "novel", besides that it represents a
form to sit down sovereignty on the Bolivian dances, protecting in this manner, its identity and its roots.

Groux asserted that the Bolivians should project more the folkloric festivals at international level, "the folkloric events that we have, have a high level as
well as the events of the outside, for example the Entrada Universitaria de La Paz which is the best event that the city has is not presented in an
appropriate way to the exterior and Bolivians in the exterior should support the outside groups by joining these, like los Sambos Caporales that are in the
United States and Latin America, San Simon which is in the United States and the other important groups that are found outside of Bolivia, Indicated.

Exact copy of La Razon report

Guinness World Record Video Caporal Dance
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