From MailOnLine: High in the Bolivian Andes, a tour of Aymara sacred sites By ASSOCIATED PRESS EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — At a gasp-inducing 13,000 feet-plus (4,000 meters-plus) above sea level, a post marks the spot where Andean gods are said to dwell at the foot of towering, snow-covered peaks. A group of “amautas,” or…
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The National Museum of Art recovers the Baroque Mestizo polychrome
Giannina Machicado reports for La Prensa: The facade of the heritage building now looks indian red The National Museum of Art recovers the Baroque Mestizo polychrome The repository will look equally vivid colors in interior walls. a color change will be made every two to three years. The National Art Museum (MNA) looks, from two…
How easy or hard is for Bolivians to fell in love with foreigners?
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: INEZ GONZALES and ERBOL MADE A RESEARCH on PARTNERSHIP FORMED BY BOLIVIANS AND ALIENS, TO SEE IF LOVE HELPS OVERCOME DIFFERENCES. Couples from different countries, an space to achieve multiculturalism? “As in music, when you put bass clef at the beginning of a pentagram, a note will not have…
Bolivian folklore 101: Caporales dance, how it was created!
From time to time we see/read about Chile, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador folklore groups playing our music, as if it were their own. I recall been in Germany and not so long ago in Charles Square, Cambridge, MA, USA, where musical groups from other countries were playing Bolivian music as if it was originally from their…
Bolivia’s National School of Theater receives award!
El Deber every year gives awards to distinguished people and institutions, this year one of the recipients was the National School of Theater New Men (Escuela Nacional de Teatro Hombres Nuevos.) Since its inception, in 2004, the training of professionals in acting and dramaturgy became a reality. Conceived and implemented by the actor, director and writer…
Visit La Paz museums, one ticket for three within a week!
This is good news and should be replicated in other cities as well; the photo is from the San Francisco museum, baroque style; Pagina Siete reports today: With the aim of promoting the cultural and historical heritage of La Paz and Bolivia, the Cultural Foundation of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), with the support…
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