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The tiniest Nativity
Christmas in Bolivia, as in most of Latin America, focuses on the birth of the baby Jesus with different types of Nativity scenes prepared to celebrate the occasion. Bolivian
retablos (or manger scenes) are made out of small, carved images placed inside a decorated gourd- -one half showing the Christmas story characters and the other featuring towns folk dressed in ...
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The tiniest Nativity
Christmas in Bolivia, as in most of Latin America, focuses on the birth of the baby Jesus with different types of Nativity scenes prepared to celebrate the occasion. Bolivian
retablos (or manger scenes) are made out of small, carved images placed inside a decorated gourd- -one half showing the Christmas story characters and the other featuring towns folk dressed in traditional garb visiting and singing for
el Niño Jesús.
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