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A Sacred Space
31 Dec, 1969 | Lola Newell
Photos: Lola Newell Thanking Pachamama amongst the sculptures of Francine Secretan Throughout the month of August, Pachamama, the Andean earth-mother goddess, will receive thousands of offer...
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Bolivian drinks!
31 Dec, 1969 | BX Team
Photos: Courtesy of Casa Real Singani Singani, the national spirit Singani is a drink made from fermented and distilled white Muscat de Alexandria grapes. Despite initially being a spirit dr...
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Portable Cholets
25 Sep, 2019 | Jack Curson
Photos: Jack Curson Freddy Mamani’s cholets are brought to life through cinematic art For two weeks in July of this year, the UK’s Architectural Association Visiting School programme ca...
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La Paz’s 32nd Entrada Folklórica Universitaria
31 Dec, 1969 | Lola Newell
Photos: Lola Newell Students keep traditional Bolivian dance alive Every year thousands of university students from the Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA) take to the streets of La Paz t...
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El Museo de la Muñecas
31 Dec, 1969 | Lola Newell
Photos: Lola Newell A curious exhibition becomes a family tradition Tucked away in Sopocachi, La Paz, the Museo de las Muñecas (Doll Museum) is a unique and curious museum that’s much more t...
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The First International Qhapaq Ñan Walk
30 Jul, 2019 | Christopher Niklas Peterstam
Photos: Christopher Niklas Peterstam Walking the ancient Incan road system In view of the scenic Lake Titicaca a huge ceremony had assembled. Thousands of people dressed in their indigenous...
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The Chullpas of the Ancient Aymara
30 Jul, 2019 | Rachel Durnford
Photos: Rachel DurnfordThese ancient funerary structures highlight the importance of conservation The recent restoration of the chullpas at the Condor Amaya national monument, located in the...
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RECOMMENDATIONS BX-96
30 Jul, 2019 | BX TEAM
CARNAVAL DE ORURO Description: Declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, the Carnival of Oruro is the maximum representation of carnivals in Bolivia and is one of the most impo...
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Soul Searching in La Paz
24 Jun, 2019 | Talulla Cragg
Illustration: Hugo L. Cuellar Investigating the concept of the ajayu in the Andean worldAccording to Aymara belief, everything in nature, from the towering mountains to the people below, has an a...
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Reggae Redefined
24 Jun, 2019 | Alicja Hagopian
Photos: Courtesy of Prana Reggae Prana Reggae returns to Bolivia’s music scene with an experimental new albumIf Bolivia isn’t a country that comes to mind when you think of reggae, you’d be excus...
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Bolivia builds the radio star
23 May, 2019 | Emily Kilner
Photos: Emily Kilner The thriving radio stations and their hosts in Bolivia’s indigenous communitiesA typical Monday morning at Radio Wilka Pacha:5am–6am: Local Aymara music, ‘definitely nothing...
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Intercultural births in Bolivia
23 May, 2019 | Emily Kilner
Photos: Emily Kilner Culturally appropriate birthing rooms are helping to reduce Bolivia’s shockingly high maternal death rate Señora Ruth Quispe Choque was glowing as she described a beauti...
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Living amongst mountains
24 Apr, 2019 | Renata Lazcano Silva
Illimani - Photo: Gonzalo Laserna The gifts and challenges of the city in the sky‘Lindas montañas te vieron nacer, el Illimani tu cuna meció, y la kantuta su alma te dio, collita tenías que...
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The Heartbeat of the city
24 Apr, 2019 | Alexis King
Photo Essay by Alexis King Concrete pitch in Alto Tacagua. Perched precariously on a hill well-above the city of La Paz, this pitch has breathtaking views. The chances of recovering a lost...
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Crazy Carnaval Days and Nights
25 Mar, 2019 | Elin Donnelly
Photo: Sergio Saavedra Patiño Oruro’s most famous festival is a riotous celebration of all things Bolivian With each year’s approach of Lent, an eruption of vibrant colours, noises and spiri...