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Women dressed as the she devil La China Supay, perform in the traditional “Diablada” dance during the inaugural parade for the religious celebration, “The Lord of Great Power”, honoring Christ as the second person of the Holy Trinity, in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, May 21, 2016. Faithful from every social strata gather annually for the festival of street parties, parade of dancers, and religious processions, to show their devotion to the Christ in a specific painting that shows the Holy Trinity, not only as human representations, which is controversial, but with mestizo features. Many people attribute miracles to this visible expression of Christ. The festival originated in the early 1920's, celebrated by a small fraternity of Aymara migrants living in the public market district of the Bolivian capital. It as since grown into a huge celebration. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)
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