Retired age Aymaran Indians studying in their local schoolhouse. Chiquipata Baja, Bolivian Altiplano, Bolivia.
Retired age Aymaran Indians studying in their local schoolhouse. Chiquipata Baja, Bolivian Altiplano, Bolivia.
The bowler, called a bombín in Spanish, has been worn by Quechua and Aymara women since the 1920s, when it was introduced to Bolivia by British railway workers.
Bolivian park dubbed one of most biodiverse places on Earth
Report states that there are 200 species of mammals, over 1,000 species of birds and a whopping 12,000 species of plants inside park.

Isla del Sol, Lago Titikaka, Bolivia.
Aymara Indians are silhouetted in the early morning sky as they make their way to the temple of stone walls to attend the wedding of Bolivia’s Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and Claudia Fernandez in the highlands of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012.
[Credit : Juan Karita/AP]
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