{"id":31655,"date":"2026-09-23T02:52:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yapaofficialbolivia.com\/en\/?page_id=31655"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:43:43","slug":"about-yapa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yapaofficialbolivia.com\/en\/about-yapa\/","title":{"rendered":"About Yapa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31655\" class=\"elementor elementor-31655\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a86074 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13a86074\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a3732a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27a3732a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad608e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1ad608e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n.yapa-story-page{color:#222;font-family:inherit}\n.yapa-story-page .story-copy{max-width:900px;margin:0 auto}\n.yapa-story-page .story-copy p{margin:0 0 22px}\n.yapa-story-page .story-image img{width:100%;height:auto;display:block}\n.yapa-story-page .love-list{\n    background:#f7f6f2;\n    text-align:center;\n}\n.yapa-story-page .newsletter{\n    display:flex;\n    gap:10px;\n    max-width:520px;\n    margin:25px auto 0;\n}\n.yapa-story-page .newsletter input{\n    flex:1;\n    min-width:0;\n    padding:14px;\n    border:1px solid #ccc;\n}\n.yapa-story-page .newsletter button{\n    padding:14px 22px;\n    border:1px solid #222;\n    background:#222;\n    color:#fff;\n    cursor:pointer;\n}\n@media(max-width:767px){\n    .yapa-story-page .newsletter{flex-direction:column}\n}\n<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432ce2ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"432ce2ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b5eb57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b5eb57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nuestra historia y filosof\u00eda\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa5d471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1aa5d471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a0760b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13a0760b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">YAPA \u2013 Prendas de punto contempor\u00e1neas con alma andina\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-449e7022 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"449e7022\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782e8a1d color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782e8a1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"story-copy\"><p>Saludos desde La Paz, Bolivia, donde la mayor\u00eda de nuestros su\u00e9teres YAPA son elaborados a mano por artesanos.<\/p><p>YAPA combina la artesan\u00eda tradicional andina con el dise\u00f1o contempor\u00e1neo para crear piezas atemporales utilizando 100 % lana de alpaca *baby* y otras fibras naturales. 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