Indigenous clothes staging a comeback in Bolivia

The once shunned traditional clothing of Bolivia has made a resurgence ever since Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous president, became head of state last December. “There's a whole politicization of dress happening now that is very provocative,” said Stanford University professor Herbert Klein, where traditional clothes such as the pollera and aqsus are seen less as a symbol of discrimination and more as a symbol of indigenous pride. (Image via this site).


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