An amauta, medicine women or “witch” holds a cracked walnut above a mesa, sacrificial plate, she is preparing for la pachamama, the mother earth deity
An amauta, medicine women or “witch” holds a cracked walnut above a mesa, sacrificial plate, she is preparing for la pachamama, mother earth deity. She expoained that the nut meat in the shape of a frog means good look.
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Location: La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Photo credit: © davidxgreen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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