In December 2005, Evo Morales won a landslide victory in the presidential elections and became the first president of indigenous origin in the history of Bolivia. Ever since, "indigeneity" has been at the core of the "decolonization politics" implemented by the government, and, quite intriguingly, indigenous Aymara ritual specialists ("Maestros") have crystallized as key actors in representing this indigeneity in official state ceremony and in legitimizing the president's role as "the indigenous president". Lately, however, critical voices have been raised by radical indigenous activists against what they claim to be a legitimizing "multicultural spectacle" and an indigenous smokescreen provided by the ritual specialists. Instead of simply joining this current of criticism, Indigeneity and Decolonization in the Bolivian Andes: Ritual Practice and Activism goes behind the scenes of "the multiculturalist spectacle" and explores the political, spiritual and existential dimensions underpinning it. Anders Burman goes beyond the state-directed ceremonies and the rhetorical usage of the buzzword 'decolonization'.