DistantNews
Support us
🇧🇴 Bolivia /Culture & Society

CRE celebrates Santa Cruz’s 1810 call for freedom with cultural concert

From El Deber · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

In-depth Named sources Context piece
  • More than 600 people attended a cultural concert organized by Bolivia’s Rural Electrification Cooperative to commemorate Santa Cruz’s 1810 liberation movement.
  • Musicians, singers and dance groups performed regional styles including taquirari, chobena and brincao.
  • The event also offered traditional drinks and highlighted the cooperative’s effort, held since 2007, to preserve eastern Bolivia’s cultural expressions.

More than 600 people gathered at the Rural Electrification Cooperative’s offices for an evening of music, dance and regional traditions honoring Santa Cruz’s 1810 call for freedom.

The cultural concert took place near the Arco de la Cruceñidad promenade. Artists and groups performed taquirari, chobena and brincao, reviving elements of Santa Cruz’s earlier cultural life. The program began after 7 p.m. on Friday with remarks from José Alejandro Durán Rek, president of CRE’s Administrative Council, who highlighted the cooperative’s commitment to regional traditions and identity.

Darwin Olmos opened the performances, followed by Sebas Soliz and Tiziana Zankyz. The Canta Cruceño Choir, Elvita Quintela, Sonia Barrientos and Guísela Santa Cruz then presented selections from their repertoires. Guest performer Tingo Vincenti closed the evening.

Women wearing traditional tipoy dresses distributed chicha, mocochinchi and somó free of charge. Families attended the tribute to the figures of Santa Cruz’s independence movement, while visitors also explored the Arco de la Cruceñidad, which CRE installs each September. Its decoration includes 1,000 saó hats and pieces depicting endangered wild flora and fauna.

CRE has organized the initiative since 2007. After a five-year interruption linked to several circumstances, including forest fires in Santa Cruz’s forests and the Covid-19 pandemic, the event returned in 2024.

About this summary

Originally published by El Deber in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog