Bolivia's "cholitas" are riding the crest of a resurgence that has seen them transform from being "maids of the middle classes" who were routinely stereotyped and discriminated against, to having real ...
I’m standing in Murrillo Plaza, in Central La Paz. It’s the center of city life, surrounded by state buildings and Bolivia’s presidential palace. The big round clock on the palace strikes four. The ...
(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CHOLITAS ESCALADORAS LEADER, LIA GONZALEZ, SAYING:"Since last year we've had the dream of reaching Bolivia's highest peak, the Sajama, that is 6,542 metres above sea level. We've ...
Professional wrestling is as known for its costumes and gimmicks as it is for the combat itself. But in La Paz, Bolivia, the famed fighting cholitas bring a whole new level of theater and surprise to ...
The hugely popular spectacle of Bolivian wrestling was once the exclusive domain of men, but now women are donning colourful costumes and stepping into the ring as fighters — finding celebrity and ...
The woman carefully climbed onto the ring’s top corner buckle. Her opponent balanced just below, hoisted into position by a firm headlock. The woman paused for a moment, listening to the crowd cheer ...
La Paz, May 30 (EFE).La Paz, May 30 (EFE). — The elegant clothing style of the La Paz “cholita,” the emblematic indigenous Aymara woman who is the cultural icon of La Paz, will be seen for the first ...
A group of Bolivian women is currently attempting to to climb eight mountains over 6000m in the Andes. Aged up to 50 and wearing their traditional dress, for years they have worked as cooks or porters ...
For decades, indigenous women in Bolivia suffered racism and public abuse. Now wrestling is empowering the country’s cholitas When hairdresser Miriam Mamani puts on her electric-blue pollera skirt, ...
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