Knowing our birds: The Andean Woodpecker Fig. 1. Yaca-yaca feeding on a beetle larva (Photo: M. Isabel Gómez). By: M. Isabel Gomez MNHN-Zoology Unit-Ornithology Section The species Colaptes rupicola, is a woodpecker that measures about 32 cm. The plumage of the mantle and the wings have a pattern of bars that help it to camouflage…
Category: Potosi
Sephardim in Bolivia – Sefarditas en Bolivia
Geraldine Corrales, Los Tiempos: Pávez addresses in his work the history of Sephardim in Bolivia Julio Pávez presented the book entitled “Foundation of the Villa de Oropesa Cochabamba. Neither Crusaders, nor Missionaries: Sephardim” in which he deals with the activities in a society constituted years before the arrival of the Spaniards. According to the author,…
The eternal potato – La papa eterna
Nicole Pinto, El Deber: Chuño: The truth behind the eternal ‘potato’ Its production can take several days, between which the feet will be used as part of the process, resulting in a food that can last up to 10 years properly stored. Chuño is an ancestral food of Andean origin, widely consumed throughout the area…
Charango
Los Tiempos: Bolivia celebrates the National Charango Day This Saturday, January 15, Bolivia celebrates the National Day of the Charango, in commemoration of the birth of the Chuquisaca master Mauro Núñez, in 1902. On July 21, 2006, Law No. 3451 was promulgated, declaring this date as the “National Day of the Charango”. On April 6,…
Melchor Daza de Oré
Hero of Independence Today the birth of the greatest hero of Potosí is remembered Melchor Daza was born and baptized on January 7, 1791. His full name was Melchor Daza de Oré. He was one of the heroes of November 10, 1810 but, according to the evidence in the power of his descendants, he was…
The traditional Potosi Christmas does not have colonial origins – La Navidad tradicional potosina no tiene orígenes coloniales
Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: The abundant documentation of the time shows that this holiday did not have the importance of today. The Christmas party in Bolivia does not have a colonial origin. Although the commemoration came with the European invasion —and the first corresponded to Columbus, no less than in 1492—, it did not…
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