Bolivia's Recycled festival promises cleaner world

Children posed and danced in colourful traditional costumes made from solid waste items for creating awareness about the global issue (Photo: AP)

Young dancers perform in their "Thobas" costumes made from recycled materials, during the Folkloric Dance For A Cleaner World Festival (Photo: AP)

Participating children and their parents were asked to create the folklore outfits out of recycled materials (Photo: AP)

The aim of the festival was to raise awareness among the students regarding solid-waste management (Photo: AP)

A girl smiles wearing her "Pujllay" costume made from recycled materials (Photo: AP)

Students line up to perform, dressed in their "Llamerada" costumes made from recycled materials (Photo: AP)

An Aymara woman sits with her son dressed in a "Diablada" costume they made from recycled materials (Photo: AP)