Luis Escobar, Página Siete: Jesus children with a doctor’s suit and chinstrap to ask for 0 infections Craftswomen make biosecurity accessories to dress the images. Some lost family members to the pandemic or caught the virus. “The Covid-19 pandemic took our family, brothers and friends. I lost my son and it hurts a lot, “said…
Category: Holidays
Todos Santos potosino – All Saints in Potosí
Evelyn Callapino, Página Siete: Flowers, candles, incense and an accumulation of memories is the first thing I received with the visit of death. I have lived with her for more than four months because she decided to take Leoncio, my father, leaving in my mind a nostalgic accordion cueca to accompany my pain as she…
Bolivian diablada chinstrap – Diablada en un barbijo
EFE reports for Pagina Siete: The strength of the Bolivian diablada in a chinstrap against the Covid-19 The strength of the Bolivian diablada, the emblematic dance of the famous Oruro Carnival, a World Heritage Site, is reflected in a mask created by the embroidery craftsman Juan Carlos Condori to convey a message of encouragement in…
¡Apoyémonos!
Estamos viviendo una época más que difícil, en todo sentido. Es lo único que podemos hacer, es nuestra realidad. Nadie tuvo la culpa y ¡todos nos ayudamos!
Women conquer space in Bolivia’s Carnival of Oruro
Women set up an arena to claim representation there Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world’s countries to shut down, colors exploded in bright arrays and music boomed at Bolivia’s Carnival of Oruro which took place this year on February 17-26. Musicians danced, and dancers sang, all while sporting sparkly hand-embroidered costumes that glittered under the parade…
Bolivia, a surprising land of extremes
PAUL FROESE for the Union-Bulletin: Breakfast that mid-January morning was a plate piled high with fried trout, boiled potatoes and rice, with a side of tomato and cucumber salad. We had a long day of travel ahead, and our Peruvian hosts wanted to make sure we wouldn’t get hungry before reaching our destination. I had…
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