Viewfinder: The Anata Andino Harvest Festival in Bolivia

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Feb 9, 2018

Aymara indigenous people perform traditional Andes highlands folk dances during the Anata Andino harvest festival in Oruro, Bolivia, on February 8th, 2018. During the harvest festival, native peasant farmers from different Bolivian highlands communities dance in the streets of Oruro giving thanks to Pachamama (Mother Earth) for the abundant crops.
(Photo: Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images)

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