Argentina-North-West

Highlands (puna) of Jujuy north-west area. Every year the salineros (salt mine workers) meet for the Salias Grandes Festival. The Pachamama’s ceremony during which people sang songs and prayed in a low and high volume. Here the curandero waiting to bless the donation in order to finally burn it. After greeting one another, those present at the ceremony sat down on blankets and skins of leather and waited for the appropriate time in order to initiate the ceremony.

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Highlands (puna) of Jujuy north-west area. Every year the salineros (salt mine workers) meet for the Salias Grandes Festival. The Pachamama’s ceremony during which people sang songs and prayed in a low and high volume. Here the curandero waiting to bless the donation in order to finally burn it. After greeting one another, those present at the ceremony sat down on blankets and skins of leather and waited for the appropriate time in order to initiate the ceremony.