The largest Alasitas fair is an annual month-long cultural event starting on 24 January in La Paz, Bolivia. It honours Ekeko, the Aymara god of abundance, and is noted for the giving of miniature items. Other fiestas and ferias throughout Bolivia incorporate alasitas into religious observances: The Fiesta of the Virgin of Copacabana and the Fiesta of the Virgin of Urkupiña, for example.
View of Las Alasitas from the cable car of La Paz
Miniatures at the Alasitas Festival, Puno
Miniatures at the Alasitas festival
Image: Ekeko Bolivia
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz, is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bolivia. Its metropolitan area, which is formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca makes up the second most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.2 million, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a population of 2.3 million. It is also the capital of the La Paz Department.
Image: Edificios de la ciudad de La Paz desde Plaza Murillo 2018 (cropped)
Image: Noon, Plaza Murillo, La Paz, Bolivia (14689720998)
Image: Jaén y Armentia
Image: Linea Roja de Mi Teleferico, La Paz
