El Tío
Statue of the devil that they have a ceremony for every friday. The mountain is supposedly a woman ¨Pachamama¨ (mother earth) and el tío represents a few things. His big dong = proportionate to the big mountain in order to continue reproducing the minerals and continue mining. Llama fetus by his feet = the devil has to eat something so the miners leave that meat so he doesn´t eat the men (about 30 miners die every year). cocoa leaves (curbs appetite and keeps you awake, they don´t eat while working in the mines), alcohol (about 96 proof, fuerte!!), and cigarettes are things that consume everyday in the mines.