Colorful polleras are symbols of cultural identity in Bolivia’s countryside. The history of the voluminous, traditional skirts worn by Indigenous Aymara and Quechua women is complex: Dating to ...

HUAYNA POTOSÍ, Bolivia: A sudden gale drowns out the crunching sound of footsteps on the ice and makes skirts billow in the freezing night.Ten indigenous Aymara women slowly trek up a Bolivian ...