The cholita indigenous women from Bolivia’s countryside, are an indomitable symbol of resilience. In a country ravaged by colonial greed, ransacked resources, and periods of crippling poverty ...

ImillaSkate is a Bolivian female skate collective whose members dress in traditional cholita clothing. This is a great short ...

A display of Zulu heritage in a grocery store sparked admiration for cultural pride. The high cost of traditional outfits ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia – At first glance, the indigenous Bolivian women don't look much like mountain climbers, with their colorful, multilayered skirts and fringed shawls. But their helmets, polarized ...

Ten indigenous Aymara women slowly trek up a Bolivian mountainside in their traditional dress as a statement of their emancipation.

On the left is one of our dolls, can you see the similarity to the traditional dress of the women in the painting on the left? Dolls such as these give insight into style and textile traditions of the ...

Gaining popularity in the 17th century were petticoats, which were adopted by the Bolivian cholitas along with the traditional shawl of Madrid, garments that today are an essential part of the ...

The traditional bowler hats, bright blouses and long, plaited “pollera” skirts of the young women contrast with the skateboards under their feet as they swoop back and forth on the skate ramp ...

On her channel, Mamani criticizes the “opportunism” of white women who dress as cholas, intellectuals who reduce Aymara women to their traditional clothing and media that depicts cholas only ...

This city in Bolivia's highlands has hired Aymara women dressed in traditional multilayered Andean skirts and brightly embroidered vests to work as traffic cops and bring order to its road chaos.

Bolivia’s cholitas, with their bowler hats and layered skirts, were once targets of discrimination. Now cholita fashion is a source of pride.