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"Voices, whispers, myths and legends. The mining market crowded with
people. They sell coca, non filter cigarettes, liquor, fuses and
explosives; they tell stories of fortunate men, of apocalyptic
collapses and they also talk about EL TIO, the spirit that inhabits
the mines, the owner of the hidden wealth that decides about the life
and the death of the men of the tunnel.
Invincible, veteran and powerful, EL TIO could not be extirpated by
the predicaments of the Spanish catechists... and the natives of the
Andes, rendered cult to him in secret, they drank with him, invited
him leaves of coca and requested his permission to extract the mineral
and asked him to leave them alone and allow them to work in peace.
They asked him not to take their lives away.
Devil's appearance. Goat beard, swaying horns,reddish skin, and El
Tío's image is always present in the tunnels. He shines in the
darkness and the men of Cerro Rico never forget it, not even when they
return to the light or when they walk down the nostalgic streets of
Potosí, the city of the silver, of the slag and, also, of the wealth
lost in history.
In search of the peace
When the devils pray
In the labyrinth of the mines
The silent capital
In the islands of the Titicaca"
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