To the rhythm of drums, cymbals, rattles and trumpets, hundreds of dancers marched Tuesday in front of the Bolivian government palace to defend the morenada, an Andean folk dance of uncertain origin, declared a cultural heritage by Peru last week.
Costumes full of sequins and multicolored masks combined with the thunder of drums under the midday sun that burned the Plaza Murillo, in the historic center of La Paz.
The dispute over the dance, which dates back to colonial times, was reignited after Peru this month declared it a cultural heritage of the nation and one of the ambassadors of the artistic culture of Puno, a region bordering Bolivia in the Lake Titicaca area.
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