Comments on: The Festival of the Virgin of Urkupiña http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/ Wed, 22 May 2013 12:21:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Mark http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-5232 Mark Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:57:25 +0000 http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-5232 This article brings back memories. We've been to the festival in Quillacollo three times; your description of it is excellent. Now we are participating in the Providence, RI Bolivian community's version of it (which has been happening for several years at least). I'm working on what might become an article about it and about this very strong immigrant community. It's my only experience with a culture whose folk traditions are so alive and vital. Thanks for the article Mr. Engelmann! This article brings back memories. We’ve been to the festival in Quillacollo three times; your description of it is excellent. Now we are participating in the Providence, RI Bolivian community’s version of it (which has been happening for several years at least). I’m working on what might become an article about it and about this very strong immigrant community. It’s my only experience with a culture whose folk traditions are so alive and vital. Thanks for the article Mr. Engelmann!

]]> By: Delpas http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-5032 Delpas Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:25:56 +0000 http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-5032 Hello, I'm a French journalist working on a web doc on Chagas disease in Bolivia. As Urkupiña's rock-breaking rite is a possible source of dissemination of the vector (a bug called vinchuca), I need a photo of this rite. Do you give me the right to use it, with appropriate credit? If yes, write me back to give me the exact credits you want to figure on the doc. Thanks in advance. Clara Delpas Hello, I’m a French journalist working on a web doc on Chagas disease in Bolivia. As Urkupiña’s rock-breaking rite is a possible source of dissemination of the vector (a bug called vinchuca), I need a photo of this rite. Do you give me the right to use it, with appropriate credit? If yes, write me back to give me the exact credits you want to figure on the doc. Thanks in advance. Clara Delpas

]]> By: Gabe Contreras http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-1242 Gabe Contreras Thu, 07 May 2009 22:25:37 +0000 http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-1242 Wow Mr. Engelmann, sounds like your having an awesome cultural experience. Wow Mr. Engelmann, sounds like your having an awesome cultural experience.

]]> By: Arius http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-325 Arius Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:46:48 +0000 http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-325 I'm convinced that the ladies in the intro image are all sisters. Look at the facial proportions, especially between the center and right-side. Makes it all a bit stranger... I’m convinced that the ladies in the intro image are all sisters. Look at the facial proportions, especially between the center and right-side.

Makes it all a bit stranger…

]]> By: Clifton - Editor http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-241 Clifton - Editor Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:56:02 +0000 http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-241 More from our friends in South America: <object style="width: 100%" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/includevideo.swf?edition=US&videoId=73422" width="344" height="320"><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/includevideo.swf?edition=US&videoId=73422" /><embed src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/includevideo.swf?edition=US&videoId=73422" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="344" height="320"></embed></object> <p> Participant Julio Taca: "The Takanakuy in Cuzco or Chumbivilcas is a good party. They also organize the festival in Arequipa, Camaná...."<sup><a target="_blank" href="http://tvscripts.edt.reuters.com/2007-12-26/2c2d758f.html" rel="nofollow">1</a></sup> More from our friends in South America:

Participant Julio Taca: “The Takanakuy in Cuzco or Chumbivilcas is a good party. They also organize the festival in Arequipa, Camaná….”1

]]> By: rebecca http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-112 rebecca Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:13:05 +0000 http://sicmagazine.org/virgin/#comment-112 Wow. I arrived in Bolivia September 1—too late, unfortunately, to catch a glimpse of this festival. But thanks to this imagery-rich account, I almost feel as though I were there. Wow. I arrived in Bolivia September 1—too late, unfortunately, to catch a glimpse of this festival. But thanks to this imagery-rich account, I almost feel as though I were there.

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