Abstract

CAJIAS PONCE, Wara A.. Pray, March, Dance: Festive Corporeal Identity in Bolivian Power Choreography. Rev Cien Cult [online]. 2025, vol.29, n.54, pp.183-200.  Epub June 30, 2025. ISSN 2077-3323.  https://doi.org/10.35319/rcyc.2025541379.

Th is paper presents and expands on part the results of a larger research on the choreography of power (Cajías Ponce, 2024), which analyses 11 offi cial celebrations of Bolivia’s Independence and Foundation Day and 10 celebrations in the rural Andean area of the same country, between 2009 and 2019. Th e aim of this article is to observe to what extent the actions of praying, marching or dancing are manifested as the triad of festive corporeal identity in these national commemorations and what they reveal about the symbolic construction of nationality in urban and rural contexts.

Keywords : Patriotic performances; commemorations; bodily practices; corporeal identities; choreography of power; Independence Day and the Founding of Bolivia.

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