MARDI GRAS PHOTOS: World Revels With Flames, Sacrifices

MARDI GRAS PHOTOS: World Revels With Flames, Sacrifices
MARDI GRAS PHOTOS: World Revels With Flames, Sacrifices
MARDI GRAS PHOTOS: World Revels With Flames, Sacrifices
MARDI GRAS PHOTOS: World Revels With Flames, Sacrifices
MARDI GRAS PHOTOS: World Revels With Flames, Sacrifices
MARDI GRAS PHOTOS: World Revels With Flames, Sacrifices
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February 20, 2009--Llamas are often sacrificed for Carnival in Bolivian mining cities to thank Mother Earth for the past year's bounty and seek her blessing for the coming months.

Above, a miner with a knife approaches an unlucky, ribbon-bedecked beast in Oruro.

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