Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: The life, work and death of the composer Humberto Iporre Salinas share several coincidences close to the commemoration of November 10th. The potosino composer Humberto Iporre Salinas. Potosí celebrates 208 years of its Gesta Libertaria [Libertarian Deed], whose soil is evoked as a pillar of the Bolivian economy, a…
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THE DYING ART OF THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL WEAVING: BOLIVIA!
Catherine Elton reports for ZY See Beyond: THE DYING ART OF THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL, SCARIEST WEAVING Why You Should Care These vibrant, otherworldly textiles from Bolivia are woven from dreams and chaos. But it’s a fading tradition. Agustina Churqui, a master Jalq’a weaver, sits working at a loom. On the upper part of it, thousands…
Angels and devils battle it out at Bolivian festival: Señor del Gran Poder [Lord of the Great Power]
I picked this wonderful and colorful Bolivian folklore for today, as a tribute to the celebration of La Paz day! Opinion of Bolivian Thoughts. Monica Garcia reports for BBC: Angels and devils battle it out at Bolivian festival The festival is a fusion between indigenous traditions and Catholicism, as Monica García reports. The festival of…
Bolivian music and dance dictionary
Pagina Siete reports: They present the Bolivian music and dance dictionary Cover of the Encyclopedic Music and Dance Dictionary. Photo: Simón I. Patiño The authors Ramiro Gutiérrez and Edwin Iván Gutiérrez will present on Thursday the 24th, the book Encyclopedic Dictionary of Traditional and Folk Music and Dance of Bolivia, which contains 1,400 words that…
The top five things to do in La Paz, Bolivia
Jill MacNab writes for News Hub: The top five things to do in La Paz, Bolivia If you read much about travel, you can’t fail to have noticed Bolivia popping up on nearly every ‘top 10 countries to visit’ over the last two years. It’s in that perfect sweet spot of still being completely local…
Hotspot of the week: Oruro, Bolivia
From Stuff Destinations: Hotspot of the week: Oruro, Bolivia More than 2400 kilometres away from the golden beaches of the Brazilian capital, this normally nondescript mountain town in landlocked Bolivia hosts one of the largest carnivals in South America. Declared a “Masterpiece of Oral and Tangible Heritage” by Unesco, it’s a riotous celebration of the triumph…
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