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Gran Poder

Traditions · La Paz, Bolivia

Gran Poder — poster / official photo
Official poster or photo of the festival (fiche Festival TV ).
Dates
Last Saturday in May or first in June (in 2026, exceptionally on 1 August)
Venue
La Paz, Bolivia
Genres
Traditions

The festival

It is called the "Fiesta Mayor de los Andes": the feast of the Señor Jesús del Gran Poder is the great devotion of La Paz, inscribed in the intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO in 2019. Its heart is the Fastuosa Entrada Folclórica: more than 70 fraternities, tens of thousands of dancers and musicians descend by dancing from the Gran Poder district to the center of the Bolivian capital, in morenada, corporals, kullawada and diablada, in honour of the "Tata" of the Gran Poder.

The festival is normally held on the last Saturday of May or the first of June, preceded a week earlier by the Promesa. In 2026, the roadblocks that paralyzed the country exceptionally pushed it back: Promesa on July 26, Entrada on Saturday, August 1.

Good to know

Listed as an intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO in 2019; the 2026 edition, postponed by roadblocks, took place on 1 August.

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