Slide 1: Revellers perform during a parade of Barranquilla's carnival in Barranquilla February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/JohnVizcaino)

Slide 2: Members of the "Diablada Autentica" perform during the Carnival parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 3: Members of the "Diablada Autentica" perform during the Carnival parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 4: Members of the "Hijos del Sol" group participate in a religious session after performing in a Carnival parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 5: Members of the "Llamerda Zona Norte" perform during the carnival parade in Oruro some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 6: Bolivian President Evo Morales (2nd L) and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera (R) dance with revellers during a parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/Victor Rojas)

Slide 7: Bolivians dance inside the government palace in La Paz February 20, 2009 during pre-Carnival celebrations. (REUTERS/Gaston Brito)

Slide 8: A Bolivian indigenous man takes part in pre-Carnival celebrations in the government palace in La Paz February 20, 2009. (REUTERS/Gaston Brito)

Slide 9: Bolivian musicians perform during pre-Carnival celebrations in Murillos Square in front of the government palace in La Paz February 20, 2009. (REUTERS/Gaston Brito)

Slide 10: Bolivian President Evo Morales (L) and Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera spray carnival foam during a parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 11: A member of the "Morenada Central Cocanis" performs during the Carnival parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 12: Members of the "Morenada Central Cocanis" perform during the Carnival parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 13: Members of the "Diablada Autentica" perform during the Carnival parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. country. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 14: A dancer of the Diablada Central group participates in a religious mass after performing in the Carnival parade in Oruro, some 200 km (124 miles) south of La Paz, February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/David Mercado)

Slide 15: A girl's face is painted before a parade of Barranquilla's carnival in Barranquilla February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/JohnVizcaino)

Slide 16: A group of revellers wait to perform during a parade of Barranquilla's carnival in Barranquilla February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/JohnVizcaino)