Bolivia's emblematic Cholitas fashion show returned on Friday, for an annual display designed to promote the Andean style and beauty of Aymara women. (AP video by Carlos Guerrero) Hamas set to ...

which were adopted by the Bolivian cholitas along with the traditional shawl of Madrid, garments that today are an essential part of the Aymara girls’ traditional dress. The cholitas’ wardrobe ...

Walking the streets of Sucre, Bolivia, over a decade ago, photographer Delphine Blast was struck by the Aymara women and how they dressed in layered skirts and shawls, with a bowler hat perched ...

The history of the voluminous, traditional skirts worn by ... floats while wearing customary Indigenous dress. The fashion’s origin in Bolivia dates back to the 16th-century Spanish conquest.

But on her head is the traditional bowler hat of Bolivia's cholitas and she is wrapped ... "There are many women in the world, with different types of clothing. I'm Cholita, and I said the Mona ...

Ten indigenous Aymara women slowly trek up a Bolivian mountainside in their traditional dress as a statement of their emancipation. The Climbing Cholitas of Bolivia Warmis is a group dedicated to ...

Not so for this all-female skate crew in Cochabamba, Bolivia. They pair their Vans ... It's especially important to them to wear traditional dress at public events. "At first, I used to feel ...

"These clothes are not a costume. This is an identity. This is what makes them cholitas and they are proud of that." SCENES shines a spotlight on youth around the world that are breaking down ...

SAN PEDRO DE MACHA, Bolivia — In the high altitude Bolivian ... The confrontations often involve colorful traditional clothing and a leather “montera” helmet with vibrant feathers that ...