By Brujula Digital: Tourism Minister Highlights That Defense of Heritage Is Not an Act of Exclusion, but of “Cultural Justice” The authority made these statements this Saturday during the Carnival parade in Oruro, an activity in which she accompanied President Rodrigo Paz. A llamerada dance group in Saturday’s Oruro Carnival parade/APG Tourism Minister Cinthya Yáñez…
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Carnival Powers Bolivia’s Economy | El Carnaval impulsa la economía de Bolivia
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Carnival Moves More Than US$500 Million and Consolidates Itself as a Driver of Tourism and the Cultural Economy Oruro Is Bolivia’s Most Famous Carnival The festival mobilizes an extensive value chain ranging from artisans and musicians to hoteliers and merchants, with Oruro as the main epicenter and a strong boost…
Railbus Returns to Chiquitania | El ferrobús vuelve a la Chiquitania
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber: Government Confirms Passenger Train Return to the Chiquitania Will Be via Tourist Railbus Ferroviaria Oriental railbus / Photo: Henry Jenné Passenger service between Santa Cruz and Puerto Quijarro will resume with a 42-seat railbus. The reactivation will be evaluated over six months and seeks to consolidate the Chiquitania route as…
Prices for the Oruro carnival | Precios para el carnaval de Oruro
By Brujula Digital: Combos for the Oruro Carnival range from Bs 800 to Bs 2,800 Travel agencies in La Paz offer several options depending on length of stay and services. A diablada fraternity at the Oruro carnival / ABI archive The Oruro Carnival is perhaps the country’s greatest tourist attraction in terms of intangible heritage…
Flavors of Abundance at Alasita | Sabores de abundancia en la Alasita
By Visión 360: From the plato paceño to api with pastel: the flavors that never miss at Alasita Each dish, both sweet and savory, is a hope that nothing will be missing from the table in the coming year. The foods eaten at Alasita. Photos: Red Uno, Opinión, and social media. Alasita, declared Intangible Cultural…
Ekeko, the fourth Wise King | El Ekeko, el cuarto Rey Mago
By Francesco Zaratti for Alasitas: From the little moon, its satellite After a bombing, a fragment of papyrus has come to light in a tomb near the Gaza–Egypt border, and it was promptly analyzed, deciphered, and interpreted by a joint Israeli–Arab–Christian commission. Chemical analysis made it possible to date the manuscript to the end of…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 