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Orders, decorations, and medals of Bolivia (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Bolivia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The coat of arms of the Republic of Bolivia is elliptical in shape. In the upper part is a rising sun appearing behind the Cerro Rico with skies at dawn. In the center, the Cerro Rico of Potosí and the Cerro Menor. On the upper part of the smaller hill, is the Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The national flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia was originally adopted in 1851. The state and war flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green with the Bolivian coat of arms in the center. According to one source, [3] the red stands for Bolivia's brave soldiers, while the green symbolizes fertility and yellow the nation's ...
The Wiphala (Quechua pronunciation: [wɪˈpʰala], Spanish: [(ɡ)wiˈpa.la]) is a square emblem commonly used as a flag to represent some native peoples of the Andes that include today's Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, northwestern Argentina and southern Colombia.
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.
“Bolivia has an Indigenous majority and people will instinctively support someone like Morales based on what he represents,” said Diego von Vacano, an expert in Bolivian politics at Texas A&M ...
Traditional aguayos of different types and colors for sale at a crafts store in La Paz, Bolivia.. The aguayo [1] [2] (possibly from awayu, Aymara for diaper and for a woven blanket to carry things on the back or to cover the back), [3] [4] [5] [1] or also quepina [6] (possibly from Quechua q'ipi bundle) [7] [8] [6] is a rectangular carrying cloth used in traditional communities in the Andes ...
Bolivia, [c] officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, [d] is a landlocked country located in central South America.The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities.