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Type:	Artículo
Title:	A Recycling (of) Tradition: a protoessay.
Authors:	Lantz, Andrew
Issue:	2015
Publisher:	Cambridge. MA, Estados Unidos : Harvard University.
Citation:	Lantz, Andrew. 2015. A Recycling (of) Tradition: a protoessay. Revista Harvard Review of Latin America, winter 2015, 14(2):14-15.
Keywords:	FOTOGRAFÍAS ENSAYO MATERIAL VISUAL RECICLAJE COSTUMBRES Y TRADICIONES MUJERES CAMPESINAS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS LA PAZ (BOLIVIA) DESECHOS DESPERDICIOS DOMÉSTICOS SENSIBILIZACIÓN AMBIENTAL CONSERVACIÓN AMBIENTAL
Format:	p. 14 -15
Description:	At first glance, the indigenous women —known as cholitas—looked like all the others who dance in the festive parades that regularly weave through the sharply angled streets of La Paz. Yet, at second glance, one would see that instead of being adorned with bright feathers or sequined corsets, these women danced with black plastic bags and newspaper hats. Their attire was composed entirely of recycled materials. This was the 10th annual folkloric dance festival held by the La Paz Asociación de Centros de Mujeres (ACM), which supports some 20 organizations within the city and its surrounding areas. In many ways, a public exhibition to raise environmental awareness is entirely in keeping with recent Bolivian socio-political discourse. Since Evo Morales assumed the presidency in 2006, the rhetoric of the ruling MAS party has been infused with references to establishing and protecting an equal relationship with the earth deity known as the Pachamama, an approach reflecting a need to promote the Andean spiritual worldview of the country’s majority indigenous population, Morales’ constituent base.
Rights:	openAccess
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10469/8074
Appears in Collections:	ReVista Harvard Review of Latin America 14(2) - Winter 2015

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