Ivelisse Santos reports for El Caribe: The cuisine of Bolivia and its good taste The potato is one of the basic products of Bolivian cuisine. The country has more than 200 species. The cuisine of Bolivia is known for its great variety of dishes, which differ from zone to zone. With indigenous and Spanish roots,…
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Baroque Music Revives in Bolivia’s Chiquitania
Latin American Herald Tribune: Baroque Music Revives in Bolivia’s Chiquitania LA PAZ – In the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries used music to win the hearts and minds of Bolivian indigenous people, creating a musical tradition that has now been recovered by the Municipal Orchestra of San Jose Chiquitos and the Spanish ensemble MUSIca ALcheMIca. The…
XII Chiquitos Missions Baroque Music Festival begins!
El Deber reports: The Chiquitos Misiones Music Festival begins On the first day, 11 concerts were held at the headquarters of the Chiquitania and in the capital of Santa Cruz. The XII version of the Misiones de Chiquitos Music Festival was launched with 11 concerts in nine of the venues. The Choir and the Orchestra…
Reconstructing ancient skulls in Tiahuanaco, Bolivia
Tiahuanaco or Tiwanacu was an ancient civilization that had developed impressive and massive building construction, technique that was absorbed by the Incas, when I was in Cuzco, was pleasantly surprised when the tour guide mention that fact. The above opinion is from Bolivian Thoughts. EFE reports via Al Dia Culture: Reconstructing ancient skulls in Bolivia…
An application is prepared to admire Bolivian archaeological sites
El Diario reports: Virtual visits An application is prepared to see archaeological sites • The donation made by the Government of Belgium makes possible this technological advance in favor of the national culture The application of a state-of-the-art technology will allow visitors to walk through archaeological sites in three dimensions through virtual visits, thereby saving…
Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro
Edwin Conde Villarreal reports for El Diario, excerpts follow: Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro • The animal could have measured four to five meters long and with a diet exclusively of leaves and herbs, sometimes of grains, was an herbivore that lived in the Quaternary period. The fossilized skull of a lazy bear…
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