Travel Reference
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Crafts
Take a little piece of Bolivia home from this treasure-trove of fine artisan goods. There are
intricate textiles, coca products, witches' talismans, high-quality silver products, baskets,
scarves, shawls and more. Better yet, most of the shopping is done in resplendent open-air
markets, making for a unique cultural and sensory experience.
Musical instruments
This is a lyrical place, and La Paz' Sagárnaga market has great
deals on instruments such as
pifano
(indigenous flute),
charango
(ukulele-like instrument)
and those famous pan pipes (
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Woven wear
Cruise through the markets in nearly any Altiplano town for fine woven
scarves, sweaters and shawls made from alpaca, llama and vicuña wool (
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Silver
One of the country's prime exports takes art form in the crafts shops of Potosí (
Ceramics
The towns around Cochabamba, such as Huayculli, specialize in ceramics, of-
ten with an Andean twist (
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Jalq'a weaving
Head out from Sucre to visit remote Jalq'a villages and explore some of
the finest woven wall hangings around (
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