Bolivia — Events
Festival of the 'Gran Poder'
June 21, 2012 - June 22, 2012
The biggest street party in La Paz is a religious festival with a carnival feel. The ‘Festividad del Senor del Gran Poder’, the festival of the All-Powerful, stems from a cult that developed around a painting of the Trinity of the early 17th century. The second person in the painting represents Christ depicted with native features. From the 1930s, street processions began, headed up by an image of a dusky Christ carried on a ceremonial bier.
