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Traditions and festivals   La Paz

Traditions and festivals, La Paz

 7 Reviews  This is a traditional festival which happens once a year. there are plenty of dancer that choose to dance a lot of sort of dances. i can name some of them: morenada, diablada, tobas, tinkus, pujllays,... 

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Altiplano..

by pepples46

Altiplano..is the name of the upland plateau:12000ft=3660m in the Andes of Bolivia and Peru.Corn, Weath and Potatoes are the chief crops, mining is the principal industry. Bolivia has no access to the sea, like Paraguay, both had lost the Gran Chaco War..against Brazil and Argentina.La Paz is the Capital of Bolivia since 1898, the largest City and commercial center, it's main industry is clothing&weaving. Situated in a narrow Andean river valley at an altitude of 12000ft=3660, La Paz is the highest Capital in the world.Titicaca, the largest freshwater Lake in South America, 3200sq mi=8290sq km high in the Andes between Bolivia and Peru at an elevation of 12500ft=3810m, the highest navigetable Lake in the World.A dense population at it's shores have been the center of civilization on the Altiplano since before the time of the Incas.

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use coca tea against altitude sickness

by gonzo747

In Bolivia coca tea and the coca leaves are legal. Drinking the tea (and chewing the leaves) really helps against the altitude sickness. The tea looks discusting but tastes rather nice in my humble oppinion.Keep in mind that cocaine is very illegal, don't go that way!!!

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Offerings to the Pachamama

by AlbuqRay

The Pachamama or Mother Earth is most important in Andean culture. There are shrines to Her in many of the high mountain passes. We stopped and showed our respect (in my case, with an offering of water) in the La Cumbre pass (~4800 m). When you see someone pour a small amount of their drink on the floor before starting to eat, it is their offering to the Pachamama. As you can see from the picture, ancient Mother Earth beliefs are combined with Christian beliefs in the Andes.

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Get a Pachamama for a Safe Journey

by AlbuqRay

My Aymara guide recommended that I get a Pachamama for a safe journey. I bought mine from a nice lady in the Witches' Market (20 Bs.). Martha sits right outside the Layq'a restaurant door near the corner of Linares and Sagarnaga.

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TERMINUS

by Aurelien5480

Et voila la descente est terminee..... on a bien merite une tite bierre !!!!!!Pour ceux qui seront sage, ils verront une video de la descente.... et oui j ai failli me mettre 3 fois dans le vide pour faire des video, que Mathieu a ordonne pour faire une video de quelques minutes.... Soyez patients!

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SACREMENT DE CALISSE QUE CA MOUILLE! (Quebecois)

by Aurelien5480

Passage a gai.... on est presque arrive au 1200m d altitude, la routre est coupee en 2 par un rio, pas de problemes on passe quand meme.on etait dans la neige il y a 3h, la on est dans les yungas, c est a dire le cote montagneux de la foret tropicale..... nous avont traverse 14 eco-systemes.... c etait bien chouette!

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Probleme de voirie....

by Aurelien5480

Voila un bout de route qui a fini en bas....pas de securites, pas de prime de risque.... juste des paysans emboches a la va vite pour reparer la route de terre....regardez bien ils sont en bas, sans harnais.

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Toujours faire gafe a la pente

by Aurelien5480

Une vue un peu plus degagee, toujours 2000m d apique...on en prend plein les bras sur cette route completement folle.....Pas moyen de croiser avec un camion ou un bus c est tellement etroit.... il y a des gens en permanense qui regulent plus ou moins le trafique....l an passe, une touriste a eu un probleme de frein, elle est allee tout droit faire un vole plane dans le vide.... bon il on meme pas appele l ambulance on se demande pas pourquoi....En bas c est jonche de carcasses de camions.... problemes de freins la aussi, mais aussi la route qui s efondre.... ca pardone pas.Vous comprenez pourquoi ca s appelle la route de la mort.......

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Attention a la pente

by Aurelien5480

2000m d apique et un cordon de terre en guise de routeon speed a plus de 20km/h, sur une route de chaotique et vraiment, vraiment, vraiment meince.Toujours dans les nuages ca caille toujours, mais ca vaut le coup d oeil!

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Les pieds dans la neige

by Aurelien5480

Petite descente de 82km.....Altitude de depart 4700mAltitude d arrivee 1200mtemps de dessente, pauses comprises 4hVitesse... plus de 20kmh dans la caillasse yahoooooouuuuuuuuOn est arrive la en SHORT, il neige ca pelle, et il est 6h du matin.

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Q:  Hi. Can anyone help me with the best way to get from La Paz to Salar de Uyuni to Arica? We plan to take a 2-4 day tour in... 

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A: Anna, I don't actually know how to do it but when I did the Salar de Uyuni tour in 2003, there was a Dutch couple that got off at the little station near Laguna Blanco... 

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