Caquiaviri opens the carnival celebrations in Bolivia with a 4-day festival where local people get dressed in costumes and the streets get filled by orchestras and bands, traditional dances and bullfights. (Photo: AP)

A man in costume dances at the start of the Andean carnival in Caquiaviri in Bolivia.

A couple in costume dances during the start of the Andean carnival in Bolivia.

Revelers wait before the Andean carnival celebrations in Caquiaviri.

Aymara Indian women dance during the beginning of the carnival.

Couples in costume dance during the beginning of the Andean carnival in Caquiaviri in Bolivia.

Couples in costume dance during the beginning of the Andean carnival.

Women dancers smile during the start of the carnival in Bolivia.

Musicians play during the start of Andean carnival in Caquiaviri, Bolivia