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Girls From Uruguayan Carnival 2014, Montevideo, Uruguay
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History
• Carnival in Montevideo
- Sociedades de Negros y Lubolos
In Uruguay, las Sociedades de Negros y Lubolos, also called comparsas are a group of people who sing and dance to candombe music. The word lubolos makes reference to the white people that dresses as black people in the past in order to take part in the dance parades during colonial times in Uruguay. It consists of a group of dancers, a group of drummers named Cuerda de tambores and special characters such as La Mama Vieja, El escobero y El Gramillero
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