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- noun A Latin-American
fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"To dress up in a pollera is a thing of pride; it shows who we are."
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They carry our various activities, such as, selling cosmetics by catalog, clothing, and making 'polleras' (A pollera is a traditional long skirt worn by women in some regions of Bolivia), 'pollera' underskirts, mantillas (head scarves), while other members make and sell lunches and other meals in the city's market.
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They carry our various activities, such as, selling cosmetics by catalog, clothing, and making 'polleras' (A pollera is a traditional long skirt worn by women in some regions of Bolivia), 'pollera' underskirts, mantillas (head scarves), while other members make and sell lunches and other meals in the city's market.
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They carry our various activities, such as, selling cosmetics by catalog, clothing, and making 'polleras' (A pollera is a traditional long skirt worn by women in some regions of Bolivia), 'pollera' underskirts, mantillas (head scarves), while other members make and sell lunches and other meals in the city's market.
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They carry our various activities, such as, selling cosmetics by catalog, clothing, and making 'polleras' (A pollera is a traditional long skirt worn by women in some regions of Bolivia), 'pollera' underskirts, mantillas (head scarves), while other members make and sell lunches and other meals in the city's market.
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And Morales 'has made a point of promoting women to prominent posts; his Cabinet is equal parts male and female - though they tend toward middle-aged Indians in "pollera" skirts and shawls.
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And Morales 'has made a point of promoting women to prominent posts; his Cabinet is equal parts male and female - though they tend toward middle-aged Indians in "pollera" skirts and shawls.
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At a photo session for the new Cabinet, men and women in black and pink power suits stood next to indigenous women in traditional "pollera" skirts, knit shawls and hats - each unique to a different area of Bolivia.
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And Morales 'has made a point of promoting women to prominent posts; his Cabinet is equal parts male and female - though they tend toward middle-aged Indians in "pollera" skirts and shawls.
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And Morales 'has made a point of promoting women to prominent posts; his Cabinet is equal parts male and female - though they tend toward middle-aged Indians in "pollera" skirts and shawls.
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