The spirit of Carnival awakens in Bolivia to kick off festive season

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The spirit of Carnival in Bolivia bears the name of a vegetable.   But far from it being a fancy dress, Pepino or cucumber represents the beginning of the festive season that, in La Paz, awakened on Sunday,(Feb 9).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The spirit of carnival in Bolivia bears the name of a vegetable, but far from it being

00:09a fancy dress, pepino or cucumber represents the beginning of the festive season that in

00:15La Paz awakened on Sunday.

00:18The unearthing or the awakening of the pepino is an annual ritual that starts with Bolivians

00:24going to the General Cemetery of La Paz to pick up the spirit of the carnival who's been

00:29sleeping inside a casket for a year and parade it through the streets.

00:34The pepino is traditionally joined by other important characters of the Bolivian Carnival,

00:39which are the Cholita indigenous women and Chuta men dancers.

00:44According to the tradition, the spirit of carnival awakens to the kiss of a beautiful

00:48woman, who this year was the queen of the Santa Cruz Carnival 2025, Ariane Tirico.

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