Marta Pilar
San Antonio de los Cobre
The environment here is quite hostile for man. The height is synonymous with low atmospheric pressure, and therefore less oxygen in the air. However, the attraction of The Coppers than compensates for altitude sickness, or altitude sickness as it is called in the area. The village is filled with the splendor of legend and mineral wealth. This is a unique place where indigenous physiognomy traps with simple architecture, and visitors are just amazed by the surrounding landscape. In August there are celebrations for the Pachamama, a female god, who is the god of producing, blessing and engendering and lives in the bowels of the earth.
In order to clean the whole house, the families do a great deal of putting together all of the garbage, putting out incense, they place in a large shovel fathoms, which added plants in the area (chacha and pupusa) and with this preparation sahúman houses knees and apologize to Mother Earth and goods received thank praying together. Then make a big hole in the ground and in incense add alcohol, Creole food and strong drinks containers, which are then plugged into the next year. Meanwhile people drink alcohol with their friends and place amulets made with black and white threads that called Yoki (Llojke)
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