Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: We present this work in connection with the controversies over the use of these clothes, which in some places is interpreted as an insult, and in connection with the inauguration of an exclusive boutique for cholitas. Her name was Manuela del Risco y Agorreta and, although she had to go…
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Todos Santos potosino – All Saints in Potosí
Evelyn Callapino, Página Siete: Flowers, candles, incense and an accumulation of memories is the first thing I received with the visit of death. I have lived with her for more than four months because she decided to take Leoncio, my father, leaving in my mind a nostalgic accordion cueca to accompany my pain as she…
Rosmery Mamani
Drawing the Dispossessed: Bolivian Artist Rosmery Mamani Ventura A young boy sleeping on the street, an old woman begging for money-these are the people who draw Bolivian artist Rosmery Mamani Ventura’s eye. At just 27 she is a rising star whose intense connection with people living on the margins of society leads to extraordinarily rich…
Una visita al Programa Desde El Escenario
Ballet “Manuel Acosta” CUECA”CHOLITA PACEÑA” MORENADA “CUANTO CUESTAS CUANTO VALES”
Mummified Corpse Discovered in Bolivia’s Salt Flats
Rosie McCall reports for Newsweek: A mummified body has been found in Bolivia’s famous Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat and a popular tourist destination. According to Bolivian news outlet El Potosí, workers recently discovered the body atop the salt flat, a white desert spanning 4,086 square miles (10,582 square kilometers) in the Andes…
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