Today is a great day, is the day where the Republic of Bolivia won its independence! 189 years of hard struggle but it is OUR country, OUR REPUBLIC! Bolivia is a country where the majority of the around ten million people are of mestizo majority, of western civilization culture and mostly Christian society. With most…
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Merry Christmas with the Bolivian picana!!
Wilson Aguilar reports for La Prensa: IT IS A TRADITION THAT COMES FROM THE COLONY THE PICANA, THE QUEEN OF THE TABLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE The traditional dish is the main meal on Christmas Eve. The picana, traditional food inherited from the colonial era, is the Queen of the table on Christmas Eve, says the…
From Bolivia with love, MERRY CHRISTMAS 2012!!
Best wishes to you dear reader, hope you accomplish your goals, live happily with your loved ones and help Bolivian citizens to be more competitive, efficient and with more self-esteem, we deserve better!! Luis Guereca writes for Los Tiempos: Christmas traditions in spite of the influence of Andean traditions are still preserved in some municipalities…
Old Bolivian Christmas traditions
Pagina Siete (12/18/11) had the excellent idea to publish Alejandra Pau’s article that captures how Christmas was celebrated some years back in Bolivia. The photograph to the right, is from a Christmas carol (villancico) group, around the 1930s in La Paz: “Here goes Jesuschrist’s its crystal Ray, illuminating the world over as the Heavenly Kingdom”, says the…
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