A sign that reads in Spanish: “Welcome to Mururata, cradle of Afro-Bolivian culture” stands in Mururata, Bolivia, on Aug. 3, 2025. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.) Listen YUNGAS, Bolivia — Cielo Torres had ...

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Ballet Folkorico Bolivia is currently a 17-member Bolivian dance group that aims to share Bolivian culture through traditional dance. (Ballet Folklorico Bolivia (Utah-USA)) Local Bolivian folk dance ...

YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — More than 11.3 million people live in Bolivia. Around 23,000 identified as Afro in a 2012 census, the first and only time they appeared as a distinct category. YUNGAS, Bolivia ...