Bolivia - Culture - Festival of the Virgen de la Candelaria

COPACABANA, BOLIVIA- FEBRUARY 2010-Virgen de la Candelaria. Brightly decorated cars waiting to be blessed outside a cathedral for Ch'alla in Copacabana. The Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria is held to honour the Virgen or the Dark Virgin of the Lake (Lake Titicaca, high in the Andes near the town of Copacabana where the festival is held.) who performed a series of miracles. Photo by Lisa Wiltse (Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images)