We went to a museum about the Chuquisaca. There were weavings, instruments, and jingly shoes like I saw at Carnival. Also other fun stuff, like authentic clothes and a stove. Our guide wore traditional clothes, and was from that indigenous group. There also was a woman weaving, so I watched her for a while. She didn’t have a pattern, and her weaving was beautiful.
Then we went to ASUR. ASUR is a museum/cultural preservation project. This museum is helping regenerate the art of weaving among a few indigenous groups who had lost that skill (because of modernization.) The women make beautiful, super super intricate weavings. The men used to weave in the pre-Colombus era, but they lost that hundreds of years ago. They are just started to learn again. The men and women have different styles of weaving but both are gorgeous.
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Lunch was at a café with an awesome view. I had some pesto pasta, which was delicious. Then I befriended a cat!
Then we went to Centro Cultural Masis, where we had a little talk with the leader, Roberto. Then he and his band played us traditional music. They teach music to kids—check out how cute they are! Then we ate dinner, which involved yummy egg salad and some beets, among other things. Then he played more music with a smaller group of just men. We drank some weird little drinks that were part of a ceremony to the Pachamama (Mother Earth) and then we DANCED!
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