Feria de las Alasita

"Alasita" is a fair of Indigenous peoples celebrated every year in January-February. It honors Aymara god of abundance "Ekeko". The location of fair is near parque urbano in downtown La Paz, the capital of Bolivia.

Month long fair is famous for its miniature items. It is said that whatever miniature item we buy from this fair; we are supposed to get the same thing in that year. If  we know that someone is pursuing a dream to achieve something, we can gift the miniature of same thing as good luck from god "Ekeko". Alasita is widely recognized by all peoples of  Bolivia. In the month long duration; there was large crowd of peoples who were buying the miniature of their pursuit.

There are numerous varieties of miniatures. There are currencies like Bolivian BOB, US Dollars, Euros etc. Other miniature are of  houses, computers, brick, construction material, baby, cars, university diploma certificates, visa of different countries, passport of different countries, cell phones, Credit Cards, Boarding pass, etc. Girls pursuing for a boy friend buy miniature of rooster.

I saw the peoples buying US passport and Visa in the fair. I liked the concept of market and bought miniature of a brick, house and currencies.