Bolivia: Farmers in Oruro celebrate traditional Andean harvest festival with thanks to Mother Earth

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Farmers in Oruro began celebrating the Andean Carnival, known as Anata Andino, with at least 100 communities from the department’s 16 provinces gathering in the city center. The event, held for more than 30 years, brings together rural communities to share their cultural identity and traditions. Willy Tapia, leader of the Single Federation of Farmers, emphasized that the festival is focused on giving thanks to Mother Earth and announced plans to begin the process with UNESCO to have it declared a World Heritage Site.    #teleSUREnglish #Bolivia #Oruro #Carnival #Farmers #Culture #MotherEarth #UNESCO

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00:00Moving to Bolivia, farmers began celebrating the Andean Carnival, also known as Anata Andino.

00:06At least 100 communities from the 16 provinces of the Department of Oruro

00:11gathered in the center of the city of the same name to participate in the tradition.

00:16In this regard, Willy Tapia, leader of the Single Federation of Farmers,

00:20emphasized that this gathering has been held for more than 30 years

00:24and brings communities together to share their cultural identity with other farmers.

00:28He also pointed out that this festival is mainly focused on giving thanks to Mother Earth.

00:34In this sense, he mentioned that they plan to begin the process with UNESCO

00:38to have it declared a World Heritage Site.

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