Issue - October 2009
October 2009
Editorial
In this fiftieth edition, we present Pinami Open Air Museum, researched by Dylan Rudloff & written by Justin Gouin; Petra Vissers' interview with Pirai Vaca; Justin Gouin tells us about Manuela Gandarillas and Tusoco Viajes; a tribute for Martha Estivariz by Ed Young, finally Luis Fernanado Terrazas tells us about Cochabamba's landscapes through Garcilaso de la Vega's sonnets.read more...
Cultural Agenda - October 2009
Courtesy of Honorable Municipalidad de Cochabamba - Oficialía Superior de Cultura
Teatro AcháCalle España entre Av. Heroínas y Bolívar Jueves 1 al Sábado 3
Ballet UMSS Salón Gildaro AntezanaExposiciones de los artistas 28 de septiembre al 10 de octubre
Patricia Quiroga
Raquel Velasco
Martha Eugenia Cortés
L. Castellanos
Patricia Frank
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Calendario de festividades patronales y agricolas de CochabambaMizque
4 octubre
Virgen del Rosario |
A Hidden Gem in the
Cochabamba Valley
In 1980, one of the Cochabamba Valley’s most important archaeological sites was discovered quite by accident in Piñami, a neighbourhood located in the town of Quillacollo. While constructing a playground, workers unexpectedly unearthed the ruins of a civilization dating back nearly two millennia. Further excavation revealed that the Piñami site contained hundreds of thousands of fragments of ceramic pottery, agricultural tools, cooking utensils, arrowheads and spears, the remains of local flora and fauna, and nearly one hundred and fifty tombs with well preserved human remains. After over twenty years, archeologists began to conduct serious analysis and began to work with the local community with the eventual goal of opening the Piñami Archeological Site to the public as an open-air museum.