Bolivia: Random Thoughts On Evo’s New Government

“This might be dated, but I just read MABB’s good post on the “Pre-Inaguration” of President Morales, where Evo in the Unku or traditional robe of the Colla high priest, was invested with authority in a ceremony at Tiahuanacu.

One poster said it reminded them of those post-colonial ceremonies in the Third World and it is not off the mark. No matter what his politics and policies, Evo’s acension resonates enormously, particularly with the indigenous people of the Andean region. And Evo in a very shrewd move, modified the traditional robe and staff of the Aymara to incorporate the indigenous peoples of the lowlands by adding Anacondas to the Condors in the robe, and lowland wood to the silver and gold in his staff. “

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