A sign that reads in Spanish: “Welcome to Mururata, cradle of Afro-Bolivian culture” stands in Mururata, Bolivia, on Aug. 3, 2025. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.) Listen YUNGAS, Bolivia — Cielo Torres had ...

Bolivia's Indigenous women are proof that many things can be true at the same time. You can be traditional and modern, strong and feminine, and a girl who skateboards — all at the same time. Together, ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian invites visitors to experience Bolivian culture, history and heritage during the Suma Qamaña Festival through music and dance performances, ...

Before she can begin filming her online radio show, María Luz Coca Luján must first transform herself into “K’ancha,” a digital persona dressed like the Indigenous “cholitas” of her native Bolivia. So ...

Among the coca-growing peasants of Bolivia’s Yungas region (the country’s prime legal cultivation zone) is a substantial Afro-Bolivian population—descendants of slaves who were brought in by the ...

The popular Mariachi Festival, now in its third year, returns to Salt Lake City on Friday — but if you don’t have tickets, your viewing options are limited. Bolivia, meanwhile, is the focus of a ...

YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocaña — where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives — she had rarely ...