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  2. Eliana Paco - Wikipedia

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    The indigenous chola women in La Paz are known for their bowler hats, mantas (shawls), polleras (skirts) and enaguas (petticoats). [6] Luis Revilla, the mayor of La Paz, was proud to see Paco's designs had been shown at the New York Fashion week. He expressed the hope that "her designs, which reflect the identity of local woman from La Paz ...

  3. Petronila Infantes - Wikipedia

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    These women were indigenous and mestiza women, who wore traditional pollera skirts and bowler hats. [7] Many of the women affected were cholas and many worked as cooks, they were tired of being discriminated against and formed the all-female Culinary Workers Union as a response to the discriminatory practices of the tram companies. [5]

  4. 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.

  5. Eleven Aymara indigenous women scale Bolivia's mountains

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    The women, ranging from age 42 to 50, have scaled five of the country's peaks after deciding to leave a life of cooking and porting to become mountaineers. Eleven Aymara indigenous women scale ...

  6. Aymara people - Wikipedia

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    Both Quechua and Aymara women in Peru and Bolivia took up the style of wearing bowler hats in the 1920s. According to legend, a shipment of bowler hats was sent from Europe to Bolivia via Peru for use by Europeans working on railroad construction. They were given to the indigenous people if they were too small for the construction workers. [48]

  7. Bowler hat - Wikipedia

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    Bowler hat, mid-20th century (PFF collection).The bowler hat, also known as a Coke hat, billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (United States), [1] is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849 and commissioned by Lock & Co. Hatters of St James's Street, London. [2]

  8. Bolivia's Indigenous women climbers fear for their future as ...

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    The Aymara women remember a time when practically every spot on the glaciers was covered in snow, but now there are parts with nothing but rocks. Bolivia's Indigenous women climbers fear for their ...

  9. Justa Canaviri - Wikipedia

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    Justa Elena Canaviri Choque was born on 13 August 1963 in La Paz, Bolivia to Filomena Choque and Ambrosio Canaviri. The second of four daughters in the family, Canaviri studied at the Tecnimod Academy with a focus on sewing and design, social work and took additional training in Bolivian gastronomy, studying the national food and pastries.

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