By Dehymar Antezana, Brújula Digital: The first Museum of Mother Earth was inaugurated in Oruro with the main goal of preserving, showcasing, and preventing the ancestral cultural legacy of Bolivia—specifically the tradition of ritual “mesas” or “q’owa”—from being forgotten. View of the Mother Earth Museum/Dehymar Antezana White mesas, mesas for the souls, mesas for prosperity,…
Tag: art
Bolivia’s Most Colorful Neighborhood
Bloomberg’s colorful video:
Mamani Mamani paints seven buildings in El Alto
Milen Saavedra reports for Pagina Siete: With this project, the artist plans to enter the Guinness Mamani Mamani paints seven buildings in El Alto They are 14 murals painted on buildings of 12 floors of a condominium at the Mercedario neighborhood of Villa Adela. The grandmother, the sage, the kid [lloqalla], the condor and the…
A song by Octavia nominated for best song 2011!!
Pagina Siete reported on December 15, 2011 about great news for Bolivian rock!! I urge you to vote in favor!! The song Bienvenido (welcome), by Octavia national rock band, was nominated in the category best song 2011 for RadioCAN Awards, the radio station of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) on the internet. The song by…
Bolivia’s National School of Theater receives award!
El Deber every year gives awards to distinguished people and institutions, this year one of the recipients was the National School of Theater New Men (Escuela Nacional de Teatro Hombres Nuevos.) Since its inception, in 2004, the training of professionals in acting and dramaturgy became a reality. Conceived and implemented by the actor, director and writer…
Taxing the music arts is still confusing
El Deber reports on how the tax structure in Bolivia for Art is still confusing, un-motivating and restraining our culture. This cartoon shows how puzzled look all our forms of Art. When Gonzalo Hermosa, leader of Los Kjarkas [on of the major and most famous folk groups in country; one of their songs became the Lambada and was recently sung…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 