Marcos Malavia He is a theater actor, director and playwright from Huanuni (Oruro), born in 1962.
Back in Bolivia, he founded the first Bolivian theater school, the Escuela Nacional de Teatro, that opened in the poorest neighbourhood in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. David Mondacca A movie and theater actor, he is without a doubt the most prolific Bolivian actor. Famous people come from all areas of the world, which means that it should be no surprise that there are quite a few from Bolivia. Aside from the indigenous populations, Bolivians trace their ancestry to the Old World, primarily Europe and Africa, ever since the Spanish conquest of South America and founding of first Spanish settlements in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Home > Famous People > Nationality: Bolivia > Astro database, Astro-Databank Famous People - Astro database of 94.572 celebrity charts and 330.534 movies Seek: Celebrity Name While a vast majority of Bolivians are Catholic Christians, a much smaller portion of the population participates actively. The position of the hat can indicate a woman's marital status and aspirations. He started acting and directing school theatrical performances as a child, and abandoned university to dedicate to acting full time, being accepted in Adolfo Mier Rivas’ theatrical group, where he stood out for his comedic abilities. [11] Most people of white origin are second-generation descendants of criollos and Europeans or Arabs, coming mostly from Spain, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Lebanon and Turkey. Caporales seems to be the most popular Bolivian dance of present times — in a few decades it has developed into an enormously popular dance, not only in the Highlands where it originated, but also in the Lowlands and in Bolivian communities outside the country. In 1999 Raquel Welch visited Bolivia for the first time, as the star guest of the first Iberoamerican Film Festival. She has starred in dozens of movies and TV movies and shows. The colonial period produced the paintings of Perez de Holguin, Flores, Bitti, and others, and also the works of skilled but unknown stonecutters, woodcarvers, goldsmiths, and silversmiths. These ingredients have been combined with a number of staples brought by the Spanish, such as rice, wheat, and meat, such as beef, pork, and chicken, This article is about the people from Bolivia as an ethnic group and nation. Famous People » Nationality » Find out more about the greatest Bolivians, including Evo Morales, Jaime Escalante, Antonio José de Sucre, Hugo Banzer and Carlos Mesa. The state government’s Culture secretary has given his name to the Peter Travesí Theater Festival; and though diminished, the company he created still exists and is run by his relatives. The largest of the approximately three dozen native groups are the Quechuas (2.5 million), Aymaras (2 million), then Chiquitano (180,000), and Guaraní (125,000). In the Santa Cruz Department there is an important colony (70.000 inhabitants) of German-speaking Mennonites.
The ethnic distribution of Bolivia is estimated to be 30% Quechua-speaking and 25% Aymara-speaking. This list includes people who were born and raised in Bolivia, as well as those who were born there but moved away at a young age.