Santa Cruz De La Sierra, Bolivia - Republic of
BOLIVIAN INDIANS PERFORM INDIGENOUS RITUAL AT ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL
ENCOUNTER.
Bolivian highland and lowland Indians perform an ancient ritual
offering to the Pachamama, or Mother Earth, during the Alternative
Social Encounter in the Ramon Tahuichi soccer stadium in Santa Cruz de
la Sierra, Bolivia, November 15, 2003. The Encounter brought together
thousands of union leaders and international activists to discuss the
country's social and political crisis, in a meeting parallel to the
13th Ibero-American presidential summit held here from November 14-15.
REUTERS/David Mercado
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