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Luisa Dorr - Ellinor Buitrago Méndez She started skateboarding after she finished High School at the age of 18. The Polleras are a symbol of strength and fight, they carry a legacy of resistance and through their persistence they conquered respect. She says that the beauty of being skateboarders wearing Polleras is the way that it transmits a message, specially to all women, that one can do whatever they feel like and create a unique way of evolving and at the same time preserving who they are. Polleras are considered strong women because of their history. During the colonization, there was a war against the Spanish. The men were killed, so the women had to fight. They formed resistance against the new government at the hill of Coronillas. In honour of these women, who together with their kids, confronted the military, mother's day is celebrated on the 27th of May, the day of "Heroínas de la Coronilla " says Ellie.

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Luisa Dorr -Deysi Tacuri Lopez (27) She started skateboarding at around 20 years old. Even though she had hard falls, she decided to continue practicing anyway. She says that skateboarding is an inner happiness for her, not only a sport but an activity that changed her lifestyle and helps her everyday on her struggles. The Pollera outfit is seen by her as an authentic and unique expression - "I wear what I like. My mother has a saying - I was born wearing a Pollera and I will die wearing one - and I carry on her belief. I feel comfortable as I am, wearing a Pollera." Deyse has the intention to popularize the skate culture in Bolivia, creating more opportunities for the new generation without losing the focus on their roots. “It's not only about wearing the pollera outfit, it's also about getting better in the sport, making new manuvreus. We started as regular skateboarders, with time we had this idea about dressing up like cholitas because it identifies us, nowadays it is a fusion of both things. Skateboarding for me is about progress in my life” says Deysi. Deysi won several medals in Chile and Bolivia, some of them the 1first place.

Luisa Dorr - Joselin Brenda Mamani tinta (27) and Lucia Rosmeri tinta Quispe (46) Brenda and her mother are considered Pollera women from a different ethny called Aymara from La Paz. Brenda started skateboarding 6 years ago and felt that this activity could give her direction, something to learn that would stimulate her to drop her fears and get out of her comfort zone. She says - "It makes me feel capable because I can break my own limits and I can dare to do things that I have never thought about, and like this I can get over my daily fear. For her skateboarding in Pollera outfits means a challenge by itself because it is very hard to skateboard wearing a voluminous skirt but she knows that perseverance and practice will help and she has been improving her skills. For her this activity represents her roots, the place she comes from and who she is.