Although there is no recorded history that Mozart ever visited the Andean country of Bolivia (in fact he never traveled outside of Europe as far as we know) his musical spirit was infused into the Bolivian folkloric song “Llorando Se…
The local Bolivian community of the Metropolitan Washington, DC area responded to the call for helping residents of the Bolivian village of Tiquipaya (Department of Cochabamba) which was devastated with mudslides and flooding a few weeks back. Corazon de America…
The Comite Pro Bolivia, a non-profit organization which has been promoting the Folkloric culture of Bolivia within the Washington, DC metropolitan area for the past 30 years, presented its 2017 edition of Concurso de Tinku at George Mason University’s Center…
The annual Annandale Fall Parade took place yesterday morning along Columbia Pike as parade goers took advantage of mild weather. Candy was given to children along the route as they viewed the display of the city’s fire and police vehicles,…
The neighborhood community around John Ruhrah Elementary School in Baltimore came together for it’s annual International Festival to celebrate the diversity within the community. The event featured dancing, traditional ethnic food and a soccer tournament as well as an employment…
Bolivia is renown for its fiestas held throughout the year from grand ones in major cities to smaller ones in outlying villages. Dance groups representing the various folklore showcase their region of the country dressed in colorful outfits with many…
The Organizacion Cultural Boliviano Americana (OCBA) is presenting the first International Salay dance competition to be held in the theater of Kenmore Middle School, 200 S. Carling Spring Rd, Arlington Va. 22204 on June Sunday 25. The event will take place from…
When I started FestivalDC a little over five years ago, one of my first postings was about an open house presented by Sambos Caporales, one of several traditional Bolivian folkloric dance groups in the Washington, DC area. It’s been a…
