Chapter 4
having bolivian blood
TENER SANGRE BOLIVIANA
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and they say ‘is that the abuela, the grandma?’
put two white fabrics under the skirts?
They ask and their mom, my daughter, tells them
because there will always be someone in their history
That was the tradition I tell them.
‘yes that’s your grandma and she wore skirts.
who had skirts like mine.
That’s the way that they recover a little of their ancestry.
And when I dress in my skirts, I go to her to do my makeup
the youth that was born here
It’s a way of passing on what I know.
My grandkids always look at the photo of my mom.
It’s possible that in the long run,
and the kids watch and they ask why do you
will want to forget but that will be impossible
Hay cosas que no me gustan de ser boliviana.
de la comunidad hispana y boliviana...
Aprecio mi cultura.
Me gusta mostrarlo. Me gusta bailar y que
Mi relación con ser boliviana viene y va.
Porque a mí, la mayoría del tiempo, me gusta ser boliviana.
Hay algunas cosas de las que no sentirse orgulloso
Voices in order of Appearance | Voces en orden de aparición 
Julia García Aldana Ferrufino Álvaro and Erika Yave Aldana Ferrufino Sandra Patiño
I wouldn’t really say that it is mission accomplished,
if he establishes himself in this country
ok I don’t want this, I want this other thing
I would think that my mission will be accomplished.
He didn’t live there.
and if he likes being here,
rather I would say, ‘was all of that sacrifice worth it?’
and I want a better life for myself.
One because my primary reason for immigrating
Despite that we go every year,
I would feel like my mission is accomplished and
was to give him a better life,
I would leave in peace because
I want him to know how it is there,
say ‘ok, this is what we came for.’
a better future, better opportunities.
that he learns from the positive things
And I would leave fulfilled,
Because he’s expressed a lot of times that
And if he were to stay,
he would like to live in Bolivia.
that we have there and that, more than anything,
I would say my goals are accomplished.
Not specifically in Tarata because he doesn’t like Tarata
he values it.
If he decides to go to Bolivia
And that it gives him energy to develop himself here.
But, that will be his decision.
because ‘there’s only dirt, everything is old, and people are poor.’
after all of the sacrifice that we’ve made,
And give him that energy to say
If my son decides to stay in the United States,
He sees it like that because those aren’t his roots.
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