Laura Hayes reports for Washington City Paper: Saya Salteña from Maria Iturralde launched earlier this month, offering pick-up and delivery. There are consequences to mistaking a salteña for an empanada. The signature Bolivian snack resembles an empanada with its crimped edges, but if executed properly, the pastry should serve as a pocket for a savory…
Tag: Bolivian heritage
The Bolivian orchestra stranded in a German castle
Oliver Barnes reports for BBC News: Coronavirus “The breathing techniques required to play these instruments for a few hours put you in a kind of trance,” says Miguel Cordoba, who plays the siku flute. But as soon as the rehearsal finishes they are all too aware of how their life has changed. Because they are…
The pollera skirt: flag or stigma? – La pollera: ¿bandera o estigma?
E. Gerardo Mallea writes in El Diario: The pollera skirt: flag or stigma? In an immediate historical past, the pollera skirt and its use meant a reality reviled and ignored, its intrinsic values were practically exhausted. However, in recent years an overwhelming narrative about the pollera skirt and chola has been mythologized; coming to exalt…
Women conquer space in Bolivia’s Carnival of Oruro
Women set up an arena to claim representation there Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world’s countries to shut down, colors exploded in bright arrays and music boomed at Bolivia’s Carnival of Oruro which took place this year on February 17-26. Musicians danced, and dancers sang, all while sporting sparkly hand-embroidered costumes that glittered under the parade…
Bolivia, a surprising land of extremes
PAUL FROESE for the Union-Bulletin: Breakfast that mid-January morning was a plate piled high with fried trout, boiled potatoes and rice, with a side of tomato and cucumber salad. We had a long day of travel ahead, and our Peruvian hosts wanted to make sure we wouldn’t get hungry before reaching our destination. I had…
1943, La Paz city, a superb video!
A Julien Bryan production: Great socio economic display, and during WWII which was not even mentioned … Loved to see trams as public transportation … like train service, these days, both were discontinued and that is a real shame!
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