Agencia AFP, El Deber: Indigenous Luthiers Offering Their Violins to Bolivia from the Amazon Urubichá, a town with 8,000 inhabitants, is primarily made up of indigenous people who speak Guarayo, one of the 37 officially recognized dialects in Bolivia. According to Waldo Papu, there are between 40 and 50 recognized luthiers in this area. With…
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In August the Missionary Music and Theater Festival arrives in Chiquitos | En agosto llega el Festival de Música Misional y Teatro en Chiquitos
El Deber: The meeting will take place from August 24 to 27. The venues, in addition to the capital of Santa Cruz, will be San Javier, Concepción, San Ignacio, Santa Ana, San Rafael, San José, Roboré and Santiago de Chiquitos. The Missionary Music and Theater Festival in Chiquitos 2023 will be held from August 24…
The Santa Cruz temples are filled with baroque music for four days | Los templos cruceños se llenan de música barroca por cuatro días
El Deber: The Chiquitos 2022 Missionary Music and Theater Season Festival will have concerts and plays in eight locations in Chiquitano towns and in the capital of Santa Cruz. It is dedicated to the work of Martin Schmid The inhabitants of the Chiquitano towns carry baroque music in their blood. From there, more than 300…
“Let the jungle not run out of music” “Que la selva no se quede sin música”
Proyecto. Los niños en su taller orquestal aprovechan las vacaciones. Project. The children in their orchestral workshop take advantage of the holidays. | Flades Edwin Fernández Rojas, Los Tiempos: Chiquitania. Comprehensive project “Let the jungle not run out of music” is born With the premise “That the jungle is not left without music”, the Chiquitanía…
Indigenous conductor shone with Juilliard415 – Directora indígena se lució con Juilliard415
El Diario: Missions of Chiquitos Festival Mercedes Papú was the protagonist of an unprecedented event, directing American musicians In the inaugural framework of the XIII International Festival of American Renaissance and Baroque Music “Misiones de Chiquitos”, the conductor Mercedes Papú, a native of Urubichá, a town in the Guarayos province, in the northwest of Santa…
In the abandonment, the church of San Andrés de Machaca deteriorates
Pagina Siete reports: In 2016, the Mayor’s Office asked the Ministry of Culture for authorization to repair the atrium. They have not answered yet. Despite being part of the historical and cultural heritage of Bolivia, the temple of San Andrés de Machaca presents serious damages. Municipal authorities tried to carry out the maintenance of the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 