Pariti Island Craft Center-La Paz
Tourist Activities
Recommendations
Warm and for windy weather conditions, comfortable shoes, cap and sunglasses; waterproof coat for rainy season first aid kit, with sunscreen and medications for altitude sickness.
UTM N coordinates 8192231 – E 528103
Altitude 3826 m.s.n.m.
Temperatura mine. 4 OC – Max. 10 OC
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Pariti Island Craft Center
The Pariti Craft Center is located on the island of the same name and is located 38 kilometers from the lake town of Puerto Pérez. It is a museum financed by Finnish cooperation which houses a collection of 368 archaeological pieces discovered when the island's sports field was being built. These archaeological pieces have extraordinary cultural value, anthropological and ethnographic, allow us to understand part of life, traditions, values and worldview of the cultures that were established there, as well as its relationship with other towns, commercial exchange and procedures used to access other ecological floors. Recovered objects such as ceramic objects, expressed in their fine designs, colors and finishes the broad cultural and artistic value of the Andean cultures settled in the region. Their history and customs are represented in their symbols and images.; many of their crafts have been made with laminated gold, They were skilled stone carvers. Their designs show important events, celebration dates, military campaigns and sometimes the death of community notables. All of this, It would possibly correspond to the time of expansion of the Tihuanaco culture., approximately 1.000 years back. The Craft Center has a security system in its different exhibition spaces. It has three rooms: a ceramic and textile exhibition; another serves for the projection of videos where the life system of the residents is described and finally a room for the exhibition and sale of crafts that is offered to tourists..
It is recommended to visit the Island during the dry season, which includes the months of May to September.. An income of Bs must be paid 10 per person to enter the museum.
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