Enero 18, 2006
Santuario de la Virgen del Socavón
Before my grandparents' crumbling house was demolished to make way for a four-story building, I found a wooden chest full of old pictures destined for the trash heap. Water had found its way into the container, thus damaging most of the vintage images. However, I was convinced that there were some salvageable items and insisted that I take the box home for a closer inspection. Altogether, I rescued about 50 family photos from the early 20th century and scanned many of them for posterity's sake.
My grandmother's family was from Oruro and many photographs were from her life in that city on the Altiplano.
This photograph shows the Santuario of the Virgin of the Socavón, which is the destination of thousands of dancers during the annual Carnaval in Oruro. These days, much of the area leading up to the church has been given the concrete treatment, including stairs to the main entrance of the church where the bands assemble to play until morning. For a look at the current view of the church, click here and here.
Posted by eduardo at Enero 18, 2006 01:43 AM
Comments
I find this post very, very, cool. Can you date the photos?
Are you going to show us the rest?
:-)
Posted by: Miguel (MABB) at Enero 18, 2006 05:01 AM
Periodically and especially during times when I am tired of writing about politics.
My aunt knows every single person in all of the photos, I just need her help to identify and give general dates.
Posted by: eduardo at Enero 18, 2006 10:56 AM
All the more interesting to me since I am from there . I can't wait to see the other pictures :).
Posted by: Alexey at Enero 19, 2006 06:41 AM
I've decided to start my own blog about Bolivia from a unique point of view.
Posted by: CHOMPITA at Enero 21, 2006 06:21 PM