- Title: Cholita wrestlers ring in street celebrations in Bolivia
- Date: 5th February 2023
- Summary: IN AIR (FEBRUARY 5, 2023) (AGENCY POOL) JOURNALIST ASKING POPE A QUESTION (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) POPE FRANCIS, SAYING: "About the trips. I think next year it's India, I think. I'll be going to Marseille on September 29 and there is a chance that I'll fly to Mongolia from Marseille. That's not yet confirmed but it's possible. Then, another one this year...I don’t remember,
- Embargoed: 19th February 2023 15:22
- Keywords: Andean culture Bolivia El Alto Electro Pestre electro music music party
- Location: EL ALTO, BOLIVIA
- City: EL ALTO, BOLIVIA
- Country: Bolivia
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA001763305022023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Cholita wrestlers helped ring in celebrations in El Alto, western Bolivia, on Saturday (February 4) for a street party that merges indigenous Aymara culture with modern Bolivia.
These indigenous women wrestlers have become a mainstay at the 'ElectroPreste' celebrations. Their performance in the ring has become symbolic of women's power and the fusion of indigenous and modern identity.
Bolivians from across the country converged on El Alto for the celebrations, with folklore bands and performers in indigenous dress entertaining revelers on the streets and in electron nightclubs.
Dance parties featuring folkloric Bolivian music drawing on Andean roots combined with electronic music have grown in popularity in the landlocked South American country.
Electropreste seeks to fuse the modern with the traditional, featuring traditional clothes and imagery with modern parties.
(Production: Sergio Limachi, Santiago Limachi, Liamar Ramos) - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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