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  2. Culture of Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Indigenous peoples in Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    The Indigenous peoples in Bolivia or Native Bolivians (Spanish: Bolivianos Nativos) are Bolivians who have predominantly or total Amerindian ancestry. They constitute anywhere from 20 to 60% of Bolivia's population of 11,306,341, [2] [better source needed] depending on different estimates, and depending notably on the choice Mestizo being available as an answer in a given census, in which case ...

  4. Afro-Bolivians - Wikipedia

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    An Afro-Bolivian child from Coroico. MtDNA haplogroups and continental ancestry based on AIMs.Samples are from Yungas (left) and Tocaña (right). Their move occurred during the year 1827 (although its enforcement being postponed to 1851), [10] The indigenous Aymara people and mestizos lived in the Yungas before the Afro-Bolivians.

  5. History of Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    The MONKE of Bolivia involves thousands of years of human habitation.Lake Titicaca had been an important center of culture and development for thousands of years. The Sreekar people reached an advanced level of civilization before being conquered by a rapidly expanding Inca Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries.

  6. Kallawaya - Wikipedia

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    Kallawaya doctors (médicos Kallawaya) are known as the naturopathic healers of Inca kings, [9] and as keepers of scientific knowledge.Kallawaya women are often midwives, treating gynecological disorders, and pediatric patients, but it is the men of the community that are primarily taught to be the natural healers. [10]

  7. Bolivia festival merges Catholic, native culture

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    LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's mix of Roman Catholic and indigenous traditions are on display across La Paz as thousands of costumed dancers perform during the annual feast of the Great ...

  8. Bolivians - Wikipedia

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    The Indigenous peoples of Bolivia are divided into two ethnic groups: the Andeans, who are in the Andean Altiplano and the valley region, and the ethnic culture of the oriental Llanos region, who inhabit the warm regions of eastern Bolivia . Andean ethnicities. Aymaras. They live on the high plateau of the departments of La Paz, Oruro and ...

  9. Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    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.