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Car Blessing Copacabana (Bolivia)

from Plaza de Armas (Sonida de Sud America) by Paintings of Windows

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Every Friday in the lakeside town of Copacabana the local Catholic clergy undertake a blessing of vehicles so as to ensure safety and profitability (for taxis and trucks) over the ensuing months. The vehicles in question are festooned with gaudy decorations and the priest sprinkles it with holy water and the owner frequently with raw alcohol.. After each vehicle is blessed a string of large fireworks are lit.

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from Plaza de Armas (Sonida de Sud America), released January 19, 2011

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Antony Milton New Zealand

Antony Milton is a sound artist based in Masterton, New Zealand. He has been active in the underground and experimental music scenes since the early 1990s. He is also the curator of the PseudoArcana label.

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