By El Deber: BAROQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL Baroque music tunes up a new festival that invites audiences to experience something unforgettable APAC has organized the International Festival of American Renaissance and Baroque Music since 1996. It is held every two years with the aim of preserving and promoting the musical heritage written between the 17th and…
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Railbus Returns to Chiquitania | El ferrobús vuelve a la Chiquitania
By Raúl Domínguez, El Deber: Government Confirms Passenger Train Return to the Chiquitania Will Be via Tourist Railbus Ferroviaria Oriental railbus / Photo: Henry Jenné Passenger service between Santa Cruz and Puerto Quijarro will resume with a 42-seat railbus. The reactivation will be evaluated over six months and seeks to consolidate the Chiquitania route as…
The Living Experiment of Jesuit Missions | El Experimento Vivo de las Misiones Jesuíticas
By Mauricio Goio Eju.tv: Jesuit missions and the imagination of a different order In the South American rainforest, a different kind of city was attempted: plazas, workshops, and baroque choirs coexisted with forest rituals. These reductions showed that, even under colonial violence, it was possible to imagine another order — imperfect, yet profoundly human. In…
Five unique destinations in Bolivia, from the salt flat’s mirror to a fortress where “clouds kiss the mountains” | Cinco destinos únicos de Bolivia, desde el espejo del salar hasta un fuerte donde “las nubes besan las montañas”
By Pablo Peralta, Vision 360: The book Bolivia Awaits You has just been published, containing images of Bolivia’s internationally certified tourist destinations, in the context of the Bicentennial. Images of five Bolivian tourist destinations: Salar de Uyuni, Samaipata, Sucre, Jesuit Missions, and Lake Titicaca. Photos: Bolivia Awaits You The Government launched the book Bolivia Awaits You, which features images…
Orchid Festival: Concepción Will Make Santa Cruz Shine in October | Festival de la Orquídea: Concepción hará resplandecer a Santa Cruz en octubre
By Lourdes Molina, El Deber: Photo: Max Toranzo This year, the cultural stage will feature Grupo Fiesta Cuetillo and Vero Pérez Concepción is getting ready to open its doors to one of the most anticipated gatherings in eastern Bolivia: the Orchid Festival, which will take place from October 10 to 12. The event, known for…
The Jesuits’ musical legacy: A mission opera debuts in Bolivia | El legado musical de los jesuitas: Se estrena una ópera misional en Bolivia
By Phillip Alcon Ganir, S.J., America Magazine: Scott Loudon and his team filming his documentary, ‘Anonimo’ (photo courtesy of Scott Loudon) Like many other films that suffered financially during the Covid-19 pandemic, Scott Loudon’s documentary on the music of the Jesuit reductions in South America stalled. But the project never died. Loudon’s faith as a Protestant evangelical…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 