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Bolivia's First All-Female Soccer Tournament for Cholitas
Indigenous Bolivian women are set to take part in their first national soccer tournament.
A group of Bolivian Indigenous women—known as cholitas—put on their local soccer jerseys and dresses to take part in their
first ever national soccer tournament. They set out to prove that soccer is not just a man’s sport.
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Bolivia's cholitas have held their first ever all female soccer tournament.
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20 teams from around Bolivia took part in the inaugural event in La Paz.
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Female soccer players wore their traditional dress with pride for the tournament.
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Enthusiastic supporters gathered to cheer on their local teams.
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Bolivia's cholitas proved they are just as talented as the male players on the pitch.
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Bolivia's cholitas were once marginalized but have made many advances in the past decade.
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The aim of the tournament is to encourage more women to get involved in sports.
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Some cholitas decided to wear the more formal soccer kit.
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Teams of Indigenous women took part in the nationwide tournament.
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The event was organized by Bolivia's main campesina organisation.
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The tournament will take place again in 2017 after a successful first competition.
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A group of cholitas mid-game as part of the all female competition.
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