Witches Market, Calle de las Brujas, in La Paz, Bolivia, popular tourist attraction and traditional medicine


Witches Market, Witch's Market, Calle de las Brujas, in La Paz, Bolivia, popular tourist attraction but also practitioners of traditional medicine, where the local Aymaran population come to buy la mesa, a sacrificial offering for the Pachamama, the mother earth deity, especially during the month of August.


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Location: Witches Market, Calle de las Brujas, La Paz, Bolivia, South America
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