August in La Paz, Bolivia, witches or chifleras prepare a sacrifice for the mother earth deity, la pachamama, to be burnt and the ashes buried to appe
An amauta, roughly "medicine woman" in Aymaran Bolivia, spreads the q'owa herb to begin making a mesa, the sacrificial plate offering for the pachamama, mother earth deity in the Bolivian cosmovision.
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Location: La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Photo credit: © davidxgreen / Alamy / Afripics
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