Newcomb spent seven weeks in Bolivia and shot over 14,000 photographs of the both the Carnaval de Oruro (the country’s largest and most popular carnaval) and Corso de Corsos in Cochabamba. Both took place in early March. Festival DC Founder,…
Several members of some of Northern Virginia’s local Bolivian community’s folkloric dance groups made their way to Bolivia in August to pay homage to the Virgin of Urkupiña. The annual festival is an exuberant celebration full of colorful dancing, parades,…
FestivalDC.com Founder George Newcomb is currently in Bolivia where he is photographing much of the country’s Folklore including one of the most popular fiestas known to many worldwide, that of the Virgen Urkupiña (photos to follow in future story). He…
Folkloric dance groups representing many traditional dances of Bolivia are always a highlight of many holiday parades in and around our Nation’s Capital. This weekend’s Memorial Day parades are no exception as shown in the photos below of three groups…
Washington, DC is definitely a diverse city featuring people from all over the world. Passport DC, a month-long festival each May, pays tribute to the many thriving international cultures.. The first two Saturdays in May are devoted to embassy open…
Although there is no recorded history that Mozart ever visited the Andean country of Bolivia (in fact he never traveled outside of Europe as far as we know) his musical spirit was infused into the Bolivian folkloric song “Llorando Se…
The local Bolivian community of the Metropolitan Washington, DC area responded to the call for helping residents of the Bolivian village of Tiquipaya (Department of Cochabamba) which was devastated with mudslides and flooding a few weeks back. Corazon de America…
The Comite Pro Bolivia, a non-profit organization which has been promoting the Folkloric culture of Bolivia within the Washington, DC metropolitan area for the past 30 years, presented its 2017 edition of Concurso de Tinku at George Mason University’s Center…
