Bolivian women skateboard in Aymara garb to showcase culture

Aide Choque, wearing a mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic, jumps with her skateboard during a youth talent show in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Young women called "Skates Imillas," using the Aymara word for girl Imilla, use traditional Indigenous clothing as a statement of pride of their Indigenous culture when riding their skateboards.

The girls of the collective “ImillaSkate,” a mixture of Aymara and English meaning girl and skateboarding, wear the Indigenous dress of their grandmothers to showcase their culture and promote the sport among women. Before, the skateboarding women in La Paz wore tight jeans, loose t-shirts and caps when they skated. Aymara women traditionally wear ankle-length layered skirts, embroidered blouses and shawls with a bowler hat perched atop their long black braids.

MPaolaFlores Mucho orgullo dan las cholitas!!! 💜🖤

lpciudadelcielo MPaolaFlores La práctica hace al maestro o a la maestra 😊✌️

MPaolaFlores Next stop: Bolivia, Brettcconti ?

MPaolaFlores they are so cool!!!!

MPaolaFlores 👏👏

MPaolaFlores ❤️ this.

MPaolaFlores this is 100% awesome

MPaolaFlores CharlieQuezadaQ

MPaolaFlores Kudos to them!

MPaolaFlores Their traditional clothes are straight fyah!!

MPaolaFlores LucyEverleigh

MPaolaFlores AP has funny things to report about the daily life under a fascist regime installed by election fraud and massive PR payed by US taxpayers. Thanks AP. It feels almost as if the Bolivian people matter.

MPaolaFlores Hey tonyhawk, you might like this!

MPaolaFlores I think I felt a crack in my hip on that first fall.

MPaolaFlores Awesome!

MPaolaFlores It ain't easy to skateboard, and y'all are trytin' to do it in traditional dress? That's impressive.

MPaolaFlores

MPaolaFlores berrics ... need tonyhawk on a plane to Bolivia STAT.

MPaolaFlores Slow news day?...

MPaolaFlores I like that hat.

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