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These Mennonites speak Plautdietsch, a German dialect, as everyday language but use Standard German for reading and writing and as formal language e.g. in church. [7] Portuguese is also spoken near Bolivia's border with Brazil and around 0.2% of Bolivia speaks it as their mother tongue. [8]
Traditional folk dress during a festival in Bolivia. Bolivia is a country in South America, bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina to the south, Chile to the west, and Peru to the west. The cultural development of what is now Bolivia is divided into three distinct periods: pre-Columbian, colonial, and republican.
Category: Culture of Bolivia. ... Simple English; Slovenčina; ... Cultural festivals in Bolivia (3 C, 2 P) Food and drink in Bolivia ...
Pukllay or phukllay (Quechua for to play, play / carnival, [1] other spellings pucllay, pugllay, phujllay, pujhllay, pujllay, puqhllay) is a traditional festival held in the central Andes.
Afrikaans; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская ...
The traditions and cultures of the Aymara, Quechua and other groups remain strong in Bolivia, where indigenous people are a majority in a country set in the heart of South America. More from AOL.com:
The language of their trade is the Kallawaya language, also referred to by the community as Machaj juyay, and is only used in the context of medicinal practices and rituals. [12] The language is thought to be based on basic Quechua grammar alongside vocabulary based on the now extinct Puquina language.
The group's sole common language is Spanish (Bolivian Spanish), although the Guarani, Aymara and Quechua languages are also widely spoken in their communities and to some degree by others, and all three, as well as 34 other indigenous languages, are official languages of the country.