Leny Chuquimia reports for Pagina Siete: The chapel of Cerro Torrejaque preserves the image of the Cristo del Gran Poder on a rock that has been transformed into an altar. The church of Jesus of the Great Power of Pazña, municipality to 81 kilometers of Oruro. Photos: Leny Chuquimia / Pagina Siete A small chapel…
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Sculpture Biennial brings together 20 experts in Comanche
Gabriela Alanoca reports for Pagina Siete: The 20 pieces that national and foreign sculptors will work, will be declared heritage of that locality, where the Avenue of Sculptures will be. Two artists make a sculpture in Tarata, Cochabamba. The municipality of Comanche, in the Pacajes province, will host the International Sculpture in Stone Biennial, which…
They deliver the regulation of the Law of the Bolivian cueca
Pagina Siete reports, photo from the internet: The Ministry of Culture and Tourism delivered yesterday the “Specific Regulation to the Law of the Bolivian cueca” which aims to “regulate cultural policies for the safeguarding, research, revitalization, preservation, protection, dissemination, promotion and training of the Bolivian cueca.” The central act was held in the Plaza Murillo…
Ministry of Cultures recovers 70 religious pieces of four epochs
Gabriela Alanoca reports for Pagina Siete: The objects date back to the seventeenth century and the majority corresponds to the Tata Santiago. The rooms of the Casa del Artista were occupied yesterday by sculptures of saints and objects of silverware, which were rescued by officials of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, from a house…
Miracles and legends of the Lord of the True Cross, patron of Potosí
Laura Paz reports for Pagina Siete: The Lord of the True Cross, the image appeared in 1550. Photos Laura Paz Leaño España The image is cataloged as the oldest of the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the second in Latin America. Appeared in 1550, in the convent of San Francisco de Asís. The testimonies of…
Old missionary manuscript in Bolivia was immortalized
EFE reports via Pagina Siete: The score of an old missionary mass in the country was written between 1730 and 1740. The musical score of an old missionary mass written between 1730 and 1740 and sheltered for more than three centuries by the inhabitants of the Chiquitania, in the east of the country, has been…
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