The Morenada is an Andean folk dance and one of the most representative dances of Bolivian culture, whose origins are still under debate. The most commonly shared theory says that the dance was inspired by the sufferings of the African slaves brought to Bolivia in order to work in the Silver Mines of Potosí.
“The ‘morenos’ dance evokes the days of the colony. He was born precisely in the brotherhoods of slaves from Africa who mocked the dances of the white lords.”
Photographed at Festival Boliviano, Manassas, VA, USA
