By Vision 360: End-of-year festivities Municipalities have prepared schedules that include parades, dances, the lighting of giant trees, and millions of colorful lights. Christmas lights on a street in Cochabamba. Photos: APG and Jhersson Soria Sandoval The Christmas atmosphere is already felt in several Bolivian cities, where local governments have planned activities ranging from parades…
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Christmas: Family legacies and rituals | Navidad: Legados y rituales en familia
Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: Family legacies and rituals nourish ties and end-of-year celebrations In December they dust off the ‘treasures’ and put them on the Christmas tree. The night of the 24th is not just another date, nor is it limited to gifts, it also honors the symbols For some they are plaster figures, for…
Navidad – 2020 – Christmas
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…
Bolivian Christmas and Art in wood embellishes and motivates the city center
El Diario reports: With Christmas motives Art in wood embellishes and motivates the city center A remarkable artistic show takes place in La Paz. The presentation of a sample of large wooden sculptures made by Bolivian artists, who mostly do not like to appear with their names, but only show the icons translated into cultural…
Bolivian Christmas 101: Rag dolls and brass cars: how about those times!
Ivone Juarez writes for Pagina Siete: Rag dolls and brass cars: how about those times! The children of the 40s and 50s remember Christmas back then and say that it was full of faith. Some molded Jesus in clay and others went out to worship him. A rag doll or a brass truck were the…
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