Offerings to Pachamama (Mother Earth)

August is the most relevent sacrifical time to Pachamama for bolivians, since August is when many of the crops are sowed and the seed beds prepared. This is an example of an offering to Pachamama which would include sweet red wine. The entire offering is burned.

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September 15th 2006
We have spent the last few days in La Paz, since we were unable to get on the tour that left on Wednesday to Uyuni (the largest salt flats in the world). Instead we will be leaving by night bus tonight, since true to the south american life that we have experienced, the train workers have gone on strike. Perhaps it wasn´t destined to be so, since we were able to receive some very exciting news f ... read more

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more

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