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La Paz is a magical city – and a couple of streets are properly more magical than the rest of the city… It is the 'Mercado de Hechiceria', which is the city's 'witches market'!
The streets are filled with stalls selling the strangest stuff I have ever seen. Amulets, talismans, natural medicine, herbs, crystals, good luck statues - and animal embryos for sacrificial offers! (This is not a statement for or against using aminals for sacrificials purposes - I'm just writing what I saw on the market!)
It is a very bizarre market, a wonderland for healers, shamans, fortune-tellers and other spiritual people. We ended up buying a small statue - supposed to bring good luck on our travels.
Around the 'witches market' is a more traditional market, selling art, handicraft, and much more. The market scene is located at Calle Sagarnaga, Calle Linares, and Calle Illampu.
Updated Mar 20, 2011
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En la avenida Buenos Aires se monta un gran mercado . Alrededor de las pequeñas tiendas se montan los puestos donde se puede comprar comida , verduras , ropa normal y de fiesta , herramientas ...
Por cierto , es una buena zona para comprar un sombrero de los que usan las señoras Bolivianas , pero eso si sólo se pueden comprar en color negro , marrón o gris
In Buenos Aires Avenue they install a big market . Around the small shops they put the stalls where you may get food , vegetables , normal and costume clothes , tools...
By the way , this is the place to buy a hat of those that use the Bolivian ladies , but you only may get it in black , brown or grey colour
Written Mar 9, 2007
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The witches market is a small street next to the main backpacker street (which name i forgot).
It's one of those things you'll have to see when in La Paz. They sell all sort of stuff, from pachamama images to lama fetuses(locals bury this under their new house as a sacrifice to Pachamama.)
Written Dec 23, 2005
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The witches market, He you can buy potions to improve your sex life, candles to ward off evil spirits even Armadillos (dried) to prevent burglary, The generations of witches, medicine-bringers the Kallawayas, sorceres live and work in this downtown area . The cobbled street ,The calle linares is full of women in colourfull dresses bowler hats with stall's full of herbs and charms and dried animals here,s a few of the best buys;
Dried frog with a ciggarette in its mouth-to bring wealth
Dreid Llama feothus - under the foundations in a new house
Naked ceramic couple-to aid fertility, and improve sex life
Written Oct 15, 2005
Address: Mercado de las Brujas, Calle linares
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Head to the mercado de las Brujas in central La Paz. It is a very interesting place and makes a great place to buy unique and cheap sovineers. There are a lot of good luck charms and potions.....my favorite was the llama fetus. Try explaining that at customs!
Written Jul 15, 2003
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Buy anything from a Pachamama (mother earth Andean god) statue to a llama fetus (good luck will come to those who have one of these on their house). It's a very interesting street a few blocks from the San Francisco church.
Written Sep 26, 2002
scattered around La paz are pockets of market areas. Enjoy the smells and sights while dealing with the altitude effects.
Written Feb 15, 2007
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whre you can buy all kind of stuff to solve medical problems and spirituals thing and disease.
Hereby you see the Llama fetus
Written Jun 10, 2005
Written Jun 10, 2005
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THIS IS THE ABSOLUT MUST DO THING IN BOLIVIA .
YOU ll ve a lot of unforgetable impressions concerning , smelling , tasting foods pp .
Updated Apr 9, 2004
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