The Odyssey Series, Wisconsin Public Radio [To listen to the instrument, click on the photo. To download it, use the link at the bottom]: The charango from Bolivia is thought to have originated roughly 300 years ago in Potosi, commonly designated as the “silver city.” It was crafted over time by South American Indian musicians…
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Fisonomía – 101 – Physiognomy
Carlos Hugo Molina, Los Tiempos: The physiognomy of the Bolivian We have to accept that we are the product of the popular national construction that was born after the Chaco War and that combined mestizos, urban and rural self-employed living in cities and autonomous territories, and informal, corporate, violent and supportive people. In order for…
El traje de chola tiene origen europeo – The chola costume has European origin
Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: We present this work in connection with the controversies over the use of these clothes, which in some places is interpreted as an insult, and in connection with the inauguration of an exclusive boutique for cholitas. Her name was Manuela del Risco y Agorreta and, although she had to go…
Todos Santos potosino – All Saints in Potosí
Evelyn Callapino, Página Siete: Flowers, candles, incense and an accumulation of memories is the first thing I received with the visit of death. I have lived with her for more than four months because she decided to take Leoncio, my father, leaving in my mind a nostalgic accordion cueca to accompany my pain as she…
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…
Honoring Pachamama Central to Bolivian Culture
VoA reports: As they wait for a food seller to cook their food, members of a family pour a small amount of their drinks on the ground. Then, they each take a taste. The family is on vacation at Lake Titicaca in La Paz, Bolivia. The pouring is a small offering to Pachamama. In return,…
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