Caio Ruvenal reports for Opinion: Interview with the author of the book Painting in Bolivia in the XXth Century (BBB) that is presented, in a second revised and expanded edition, next Thursday 23 at the Melchor Pinto Cultural Center in Santa Cruz. In 1989, the Banco Hipotecario Nacional, celebrating its centenary, launched the book Bolivian…
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Canvas of the Virgen del Socavón was restored
El Diario reports: Patroness of Bolivian folklore The canvas of the Virgen del Socavón [Virgin of the Mine], Patroness of the National Folklore, is duly stable and without deterioration after the armoring and insulation work, informed the person in charge of Furniture Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, Carlos Rua Alanda. According to official information,…
Neglect, rain threatening ‘Sistine Chapel of the Andes’
Carlos Valdez, AP reports for Bradenton Herald: CURAHUARA DE CARANGAS, BOLIVIA – A buttress supporting an adobe wall has collapsed and grass overgrows the patio of the four-century-old church whose dazzling murals depicting biblical scenes and remote location high atop a Bolivian plateau have earned it the nickname the “Sistine Chapel of the Andes.” In this…
Caporal dance was claimed internationally
El Diario reports: In more than 70 cities they moved to the rhythm of the Bolivian dance that enchants the world Strength and agility, the main characteristics of the dance of Bolivian folklore, caporal. When the clocks marked three in the afternoon on Sunday, thousands of people moved to the rhythm of the Bolivian caporal…
Bolivian passes to final phase of a pianist contest
Pagina Siete reports: Santiago Chávez in a previous presentation. Photo: YouTube Santiago Chávez Auzza, the 16-year-old Bolivian pianist, qualified for the final phase of the VI National and International Piano Contest “José Jacinto Cuevas” Yamaha, which takes place in Mexican territory. The contest is a biennial event, whose first edition was dedicated to the 130th…
I am Potosino, between a hymn and the Libertarian Efforts – Humberto Iporre Salinas
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: The life, work and death of the composer Humberto Iporre Salinas share several coincidences close to the commemoration of November 10th. The potosino composer Humberto Iporre Salinas. Potosí celebrates 208 years of its Gesta Libertaria [Libertarian Deed], whose soil is evoked as a pillar of the Bolivian economy, a…
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