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Bolivian Mennonites — photographs by Lisa Wiltse. Open May 15, 2012 - July 11, 2012 at The Half King.

“When I visited the Mennonites of Manitoba, Bolivia, a tension pervaded the colony, although life was as it had been for centuries. Roughly 150 kilometers northeast of Santa Cruz, the colony’s 2,000 residents owe their prosperity to strict social discipline and traditions closely guarded against outside influences. Modern conveniences are avoided. Children study only High German, math, and religion. Around puberty, they leave to join their fathers in the fields and factories, or their mothers at home and hearth. Other forms of work are forbidden to women, who speak Low German and are discouraged from learning Spanish—unlike men, who travel to Santa Cruz for trade. Over the course of my stay, I would discover how their social mores bound them to silence just when speaking out was most needed.”

- Lisa Wiltse

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