Los Tiempos: Bolivia celebrates the National Charango Day This Saturday, January 15, Bolivia celebrates the National Day of the Charango, in commemoration of the birth of the Chuquisaca master Mauro Núñez, in 1902. On July 21, 2006, Law No. 3451 was promulgated, declaring this date as the “National Day of the Charango”. On April 6,…
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Alasitas: Bolivia’s festival of miniatures and dreams
EFE, La Prensa Latina: La Paz, Jan 16 (EFE).- Casa de Murillo museum in Bolivia’s capital is hosting a show about the origin of Alasitas, a curious heritage festival of miniatures and dreams which has been linked to the indigenous insurrection of 1781. The exhibition features a huge old painting of the uprising depicting Hispanic…
The traditional Potosi Christmas does not have colonial origins – La Navidad tradicional potosina no tiene orígenes coloniales
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…
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…
The city by the mountain of silver
Dennis Cassinelli, Nevada Appeal: Many years ago, a fabulous city sprang up on the slopes of an incredibly rich mountain of silver. The country was a high desert region of mountains and canyons. The miners soon found that the local native Indian tribes had to be tamed before the full potential of the silver strike…
UTAMA: Estrena en el Sundance – Premieres at Sundance
Pagina Siete: Bolivian film Utama to premiere at Sundance Film Festival The film is the debut of Alejandro Loayza Grisi Bolivian cinema continues to give joy: the film Utama by Alejandro Loayza Grisi will premiere in January at the Sundance Festival, one of the most important in the world. It will compete in the World…
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