Wedding traditions of La Paz
Bolivian weddings among the Aymara bring a ceremony to the earth and a night of folk dancing.
La Paz is home to Aymara and Quechua families whose wedding rites are shaped by Catholicism and Andean tradition. Civil marriage is required in Bolivia.
A wedding here
Chola women wear the pollera, a full skirt, and a bowler hat. A band plays at the party and the guests dance the cueca.
Customs
In Aymara weddings, an offering to the Pachamama may be made, and godparents are chosen to sponsor the event.
Wedding customs of La Paz
Also part of it, and being written: Aymara people (An Indigenous people.), Bolivian wedding (Customs.), Pachamama (The earth mother.).
A wedding trail idea for La Paz
- San Francisco Church A colonial church.
- Witches' Market A market of offerings.
- Valle de la Luna A landscape.
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Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cueca: Manuel Antonio Caro, Public domain, source