Bolivian Women Fight Gender-Based Violence through Theater

AP reports via VoA: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — On stage, amid the hubbub of a Bolivian street market, women recount their stories of abuse at the hands of men. But the violence depicted in the play isn’t just make-believe for the 22 indigenous actresses: It’s based on their own real-life experiences. “Kusisita,” a work that seeks…

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…