Tag Archives: Andes
‘Abuela Grillo’: a beautiful animated short about rain, rights, and restoration

Abuela Grillo is an animated short directed by Denis Chapon and featuring the voice of Luzmila Carpio. It is, perhaps,…

Know your Tupac

There are so many Tupacs! Here is how to tell them apart.

Blessings of the “dark” Virgin of the lake OR Copacabana, where the cars wear lil’ hats.

I’ve spent the past two months in Bolivia and this weekend I was in Copacabana, a beautiful and ancient town…

High Crimes: Studying the Illicit Antiquities Trade in the Bolivian Andes (Day of Archaeology)

Yesterday I participated in the Day of Archaeology. I and several hundred others like me wrote about what our life…

Ancient Andean fruit review 2: La fruta se disfruta

As stated in my last entry, I am in the passionate throes of a love affair with Andean fruit that…

Ancient Andean fruit review 1: the tastiest heritage

I love Bolivia. This country is the most intricate, fascinating, and surprising place. I am delighted to be back in…

Cultural Continuity

Now for a dose of heritage and modernity: The first is on sale on ebay and I long to buy…

The Cerebroteca: Brains in jars for learning? For fun?

I’ve been to Lima four times, but only twice did I leave the airport and only once was I there…

Singing Inka Princesses of the 1950s

Incidentally, there appears to be a whole mysterious world out there filled with dynamic Indigenous-chic Peruvian singers from the 1950s…

Ode to Andean Leaders in Indigenous Garb

Over the weekend I got myself characteristically worked up about PerĂº’s impending run-off election between “Cancer and AIDS” to quote…

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