Colombian 'Biblioburro' has 4,800 books and 10 legsLA GLORIA, Colombia: In a ritual repeated nearly every weekend for the past decade here in Colombia's war-weary Caribbean hinterlands, Luis Soriano gathered his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, in front of his home on a recent Saturday afternoon.
Sweating already under the unforgiving sun, he strapped pouches with the word "Biblioburro" painted in blue letters to the donkeys' backs and loaded them with an eclectic cargo of books destined for people living in the small villages beyond.
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- Elizabeth Barrette (
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Viva Biblioburro!
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October 30 2008, 02:35:10 UTC 12 years ago
Nice
Anonymous
October 30 2008, 14:41:14 UTC 12 years ago