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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Bolivian Christmas ritual – Ritual boliviano en Navidad
Jim Shultz, Greensburg Daily News: Christmas rituals around the world … [only pertaining excerpt follow] “Food and Family” from Marcela Olivera in Bolivia Almost every important gathering in Bolivia is organized around food and Christmas is very typical of this tradition. There are some meals that are central to our celebrations. One is called picaña…
Empatía y solidaridad, el mejor regalo de esta Navidad en pandemia – Empathy and solidarity, the best gift this Christmas in a pandemic
Ivone Juárez y Pamela Pomacahua, Pagina Siete: Página Siete collected some Bolivian wishes for Christmas. In these times of Covid-19 people want good health, first and foremost. “I want the pandemic to end as quickly as possible, and that the habit of taking care of our health, washing our hands, wearing the mask and taking…
Bolivian food reflects our mestizo roots!
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: Bolivian food tastes like miscegenation in an anthology book Researcher Beatriz Rossells traces the history of gastronomy. Rescue native products and culinary traditions to explain their current reinvention. The researcher and historian Beatriz Rossells during the interview. That attempt of the Spaniards to disappear the indigenous culture during the…
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…
IN BOLIVIA, CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED FROM CHRISTMAS EVE UNTIL EPIPHANY
News Track reports: IN BOLIVIA, CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED FROM CHRISTMAS EVE UNTIL EPIPHANY By Payal Dwivedi Most of the people of Bolivia are Catholic and several people go to a Midnight Mass service on Christmas Eve named the ‘Misa de Gallo’ (Mass of the rooster). At Midnight people like to let of fire-crackers! Families often…
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