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Boilivian miners from Oruro celebrating the start of Carnival with the ch'alla ceremony which involves blessing llamas which are seen as lucky in Bolivia, with beer, cica, tobacco and ribbons, then sacrificing the llamas to El Tio - the God of the underworld, who is seen to have an insatiable appetite for destruction so therefore needs to be appeased with an offering of blood for prosperity for the coming year

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Boilivian miners from Oruro celebrating the start of Carnival with the ch'alla ceremony which involves blessing llamas which are seen as lucky in Bolivia, with beer, cica, tobacco and ribbons, then sacrificing the llamas to El Tio - the God of the underworld, who is seen to have an insatiable appetite for destruction so therefore needs to be appeased with an offering of blood for prosperity for the coming year
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