Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DOS & DON'TS
Kissing
Greet members of the opposite sex with a kiss on one cheek in the north, both
cheeks in the south. An empty-grip handshake followed by a distant two-arm embrace and
another hand-grab are standard with Quechua and Aymará people.
Stealing Pictures
If you can't touch your subject and haven't talked to them, you may be
guilty of image theft.
Greetings
Greet people with
Buenos días, Buenas tardes
and
Buenas noches
.
Politics
Do express your views.
TOP ARTISTS
Kalamarka
Contemporary Andean music at its best.
Mamani Mamani
Aymará art made for the 21st century.
Los Kjarkas
A top folk act featuring traditional Bolivian instruments.
Marina Nuñez del Prado
The legacy of Bolivia's beloved sculptor lives on.
Ukamau y Ké
El Alto's hip-hop act is outrageous and intense.
TOP FILMS
The Devil's Miner
(2005) Documentary on a young boy working in Potosí's silver mine.
Cocalero
(2007) Documentary on Morales' run for the presidency.
Amargo Mar
(Bitter Sea; 1984) A look at the loss of Bolivia's coastline to Chile.
TOP BOOKS
Fat Man from La Paz: Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia
(2003, Santos) Modern fic-
tion.
Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Global-
ization
(2006, Powers) A look at battles over natural resources.
