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Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen near Paucartambo, Peru (3)

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This clip is from the Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen near Paucartambo, Peru on the 15/07/2003. Most visitors who venture to very remote Paucartambo (and there aren't many of them) do so for the annual Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen, one of Peru's most outrageously celebrated festivals (it lasts several days, and most attendees, be they villagers or foreigners, camp out because there is nowhere else to stay). The peaceful colonial town, once a mining colony, has cobblestone streets and a lovely Plaza de Armas with white structures and blue balconies, but not a whole lot else--that is until it is inundated by revelers donning wildly elaborate and frequently frightening masks and drinking as if Paucartambo were the last surviving town on the planet. The colorful processions and traditional dances are spectacular, and a general sense of abandonment of inhibitions (senses?) reigns. BTW, I got pickpocketed (the only time ever) here.

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