Pagina Siete reports: The entrance of the Virgen del Carmen in pictures Today in the morning, after a procession led by the mayor of El Alto, Soledad Chapetón, began the traditional parade in devotion to the Virgen del Carmen. . . The July 16 neighborhood, dressed their finery to welcome the more than 15,000 dancers….
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Homestays and rural ways: Flora Baker savours Bolivia – in pictures
Flora Baker for The Guardian: The food and colours of working life in the Andean foothills are captured in these images snapped while undertaking voluntary work. I’m a travel writer from London who spent 18 months volunteering in South America. In Bolivia, I volunteered at a rural library project in the village of Morado K’asa,…
Street musicians in Bolivia
thestar.com reports: “Last February, on a street in La Paz in Bolivia, these musicians interpreted their songs with so much talent and heart.” —Gaétan (Alex) Laprise, Anticosti, Que. https://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2016/05/11/your-vacation-street-musicians-in-bolivia.html I have listened to street musicians before in La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. They mostly perform old Bolivian tunes that most people, under 40 had…
Bringing a little Bolivia to Dunedin
O David Loughrey reports for Otago Daily Times: Bringing a little Bolivia to Dunedin A Dunedin man has brought his Bolivian heritage and photographic skills back to the city after visiting the birthplace of his parents. Carlos Biggemann yesterday officially opened his exhibition ‘‘Carnaval de Oruro” – at the Dunedin Railway Station – with striking…
Bolivian men and women in violent harvest festival punch up, in pictures
From The Telegraph: Bolivian men and women in violent harvest festival punch up, in pictures Pictures: Martin Pashley/Solent News Thousands of villagers high up in the Bolivian Andes have taken part in a street fight with the aim of ‘spilling as much blood as possible’. Men and women dressed in colourful clothes take part in…
Traveling in Bolivia: ‘We thought we were going to be robbed and killed’
Travel advice from news.com.au: ‘We thought we were going to be robbed and killed’ By Kimberly Gillan BOLIVIA is not a country known for luxuries, and getting around is famously difficult. Roads are peppered with potholes and bus windshields are invariably chipped and splintered, making long distance travel a safety gamble. There’s no guarantee of…
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