Pagina Siete reports: The National Museum of Art celebrates its 52 years The National Museum of Art, dependent on the Cultural Foundation of the Central Bank of Bolivia, will inaugurate tomorrow two exhibitions of recovery of the country’s artistic heritage, in two-dimensional formats in painting and contemporary photographs of recent acquisition and other collections of…
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THE DYING ART OF THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL WEAVING: BOLIVIA!
Catherine Elton reports for ZY See Beyond: THE DYING ART OF THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL, SCARIEST WEAVING Why You Should Care These vibrant, otherworldly textiles from Bolivia are woven from dreams and chaos. But it’s a fading tradition. Agustina Churqui, a master Jalq’a weaver, sits working at a loom. On the upper part of it, thousands…
Bolivian music and dance dictionary
Pagina Siete reports: They present the Bolivian music and dance dictionary Cover of the Encyclopedic Music and Dance Dictionary. Photo: Simón I. Patiño The authors Ramiro Gutiérrez and Edwin Iván Gutiérrez will present on Thursday the 24th, the book Encyclopedic Dictionary of Traditional and Folk Music and Dance of Bolivia, which contains 1,400 words that…
Jesuit Legacy in the Bolivian Jungle: A Love of Baroque Music
Nicholas Casey for The New York Times: Jesuit Legacy in the Bolivian Jungle: A Love of Baroque Music Students played in a local orchestra concert last month. Baroque music is deeply embedded in the indigenous culture. CreditLena Mucha for The New York Times CONCEPCIÓN, Bolivia — The aging musical score wasn’t easy to read. It was…
Baroque Music Revives in Bolivia’s Chiquitania
Latin American Herald Tribune: Baroque Music Revives in Bolivia’s Chiquitania LA PAZ – In the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries used music to win the hearts and minds of Bolivian indigenous people, creating a musical tradition that has now been recovered by the Municipal Orchestra of San Jose Chiquitos and the Spanish ensemble MUSIca ALcheMIca. The…
XII Chiquitos Missions Baroque Music Festival begins!
El Deber reports: The Chiquitos Misiones Music Festival begins On the first day, 11 concerts were held at the headquarters of the Chiquitania and in the capital of Santa Cruz. The XII version of the Misiones de Chiquitos Music Festival was launched with 11 concerts in nine of the venues. The Choir and the Orchestra…
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