Featured Post: Brand New Cholita Carabuqueña
Edgar Andrés Yana tells about the contest and election of the “Cholita Carabuqeña” (Miss Carabuco) where his friend Beatriz Mery came in first place. Five women participated in the event that took place in Canton Ambana, Third Section in the Camacho Province in the Department of La Paz. The women participated in two events:
1. Demonstration of a typical folkloric dance.
2. Showing of a formal cholita dress.
Following that they asked each of the participants a question regarding national culture, and from that they selected 3 semi-finalists, and they also asked a second question in which the Cholita Beatriz Mery Choque Bellido correctly answered the question, “how many communities make up Canton Ambana?” and she correctly answered 48 communities, and upon that the jury announced that she had won, the Cholita Beatriz Mery Choque Bellido representing her community of Comaptia.
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