Pagina Siete reports, photo from the internet: The Ministry of Culture and Tourism delivered yesterday the “Specific Regulation to the Law of the Bolivian cueca” which aims to “regulate cultural policies for the safeguarding, research, revitalization, preservation, protection, dissemination, promotion and training of the Bolivian cueca.” The central act was held in the Plaza Murillo…
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Ministry of Cultures recovers 70 religious pieces of four epochs
Gabriela Alanoca reports for Pagina Siete: The objects date back to the seventeenth century and the majority corresponds to the Tata Santiago. The rooms of the Casa del Artista were occupied yesterday by sculptures of saints and objects of silverware, which were rescued by officials of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, from a house…
Miracles and legends of the Lord of the True Cross, patron of Potosí
Laura Paz reports for Pagina Siete: The Lord of the True Cross, the image appeared in 1550. Photos Laura Paz Leaño España The image is cataloged as the oldest of the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the second in Latin America. Appeared in 1550, in the convent of San Francisco de Asís. The testimonies of…
Bolivia History 101: Santa Cruz!
Paula Peña writes in El Deber: The project of the patriots for Santa Cruz The Governorate of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, founded in 1560, was the guardian of the frontier of the Spanish empire in this part of America. The rivers Iténez and Paraguay marked the confines between Spain and Portugal. From the city…
What life is like for the teenage miners of Potosi, Bolivia
Kenneth Dickerman and Photo editor Simone Francescangeli for The Washington Post: “El Tio” and a miner. “El Tio” is a miner’s god that presides over every tunnel entrance. Every day, miners offer him coca leaves, cigarettes and alcohol, hoping it will bring good fortune. (Simone Francescangeli) Any celebration is a good opportunity to drink and forget miners’ living…
Bolivian cuisine 101: The “llajwa”, an idyll with the Bolivian palate
Jessica Vargas reports for Los Tiempos, photos by Gerardo Bravo: 48 years ago, when Juana Fuentes opened her food stall in the 27 de Mayo market, the first thing she installed was her batán to make llajwa. Before preparing his menu – which includes mixed spicy, lawas, sillpancho, among others – she prepares to create…
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