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| Hair cutting high above La Candelaria, with a Transmilenio bus behind. |
La Peluqueria is a hair salon/art gallery/clothes store/art gallery/music venue and women's collective in La Candelaria. These days, the peluqueras are taking their scissors outside and doing their cutting in unlikely locales.
The other day, they found lofty company on the monument holding revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar in the center of the Plaza del Periodista.
What would
El Libertador have thought about sharing his pedestal for an afternoon with these crazy young people? Perhaps he would have approved, since the event was part of a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Colombia's independence.
Of course, El Libertador has been less than sacrosant. He was relocated twice, due to road work, before being brought to La Plaza del Periodista. And, he does receive occasional visits from
grafiteros, as their scrawlings show.
La Peluqueria is a hair salon/art gallery/clothes store/art gallery/music venue and women's collective in La Candelaria. These days, the peluqueras are taking their scissors outside and doing their cutting in unlikely locales.
The other day, they found lofty company on the monument holding revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar in the center of the Plaza del Periodista.
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| Checking out a kid's hair. |
What would
El Libertador have thought about sharing his pedestal for an afternoon with these crazy young people? Perhaps he would have approved, since the event was part of a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Colombia's independence.
Of course, El Libertador has been less than sacrosant. He was relocated twice, due to road work, before being brought to La Plaza del Periodista. And, he does receive occasional visits from
grafiteros, as their scrawlings show.
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| La Peluqueria's colorful front. |
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| Tags left by previous visitors. |
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| El Libertador. |
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| Impromptu actors near Simon Bolivar. |
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| A torch lights up Simon Bolivar's bell. |
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