Word: chicha
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...farms and fiestas, their schools and homes. Suddenly, as I walked along, I saw a white cloth at the end of a wooden pole that protruded from the open doorway of a house. I had an idea. Throughout the entire Cochabamba valley the white flag marks the spot where chicha is sold...
...Chicha is the national alcoholic beverage, made of fermented corn. It has a slightly bitter, unpleasant taste. Many women in the valley undertake the long process of drying, sprouting, crushing, and aging the corn kernels in order to supplement the often meager income provided by their household's farm. The watering spots marked with white flags are almost always the social centers in these rugged mountainside communities. In fact, one can almost go so far as to say that chicha is the lubricant of the nation, loosening Bolivian mouths and minds into an animated, sometimes raucous revel...
...heard hearty laughter and loud, chicha-induced talk coming from the deep recess of the bottom floor of this two-story house...
...deference, the others, did not hesitate to welcome me as a visitor to their small town. "Hola, amigo, venga y toma con nosotros!" Come and drink with us! he cried and beckoned to the woman in the corner to bring me a glass and a pitcher of chicha. "Norteamericano, no?" he asked, looking knowingly at the men beside him, peasants who obviously felt a bit uncomfortable in my presence. I told them a little about my background, about my work in Cochabamba, and why I was in Morochata. They all laughed when I told them about my momentary ascent into...
...Uruguayan peasant, Roberto Rodriguez, wore bombachas (Gaucho-type bloomers), and there was even a black peasant-delegate from Haiti. During the Pope's speech, the honored peasants sat behind him on a flag-decked platform. Afterward, they received his blessing and gave him gifts, including a bottle of chicha (corn beer) from Chile and a Peruvian wreath of alpaca, llama, and vicuna known as a chopo...