La Leyenda de El Tío de La MINA, cerro rico de Bolivia

#leyendas #misterio #Bolivia #minaSantaRosita #terror #Tíodelamina #CerroRico #FragmentosdelaNoche #CerroRicodePotosí

Potosi am Fuße des Cerro Rico mit 4067m die höchste Großstadt der Welt. Seit 1545 werden hier die Silber- und Edelmetallvorkommen des Berges abgebaut. Zu seiner Blütezeit finanzierten diese Silbervorkommen quasi die komplette Weltwirtschaft. Dabei starben bis zu 8 Millionen Ureinwohner. Und auch heute noch wird unter unvorstellbaren Bedingungen weiter Erz abgebaut. Mit Dynamit, dass an jedem Straßenkiosk erhältlich ist und in reiner Handarbeit werden weiterhin von tausenden Arbeitern weiter Stollen in den Berg getrieben. Auch wir sind in die Schächte gestiegen und waren sehr froh nach über 4 Stunden unbeschadet das Tageslicht zu erblicken.

In the departments of La Paz, Oruro and Potosí, which were conquered by the Incan Empire, typical Bolivian dress didn’t look anything like it does today. The Quechua clothing was colorful but very simple. . . . . . . . . . #Bolivia #potosi #cerrorico #visualcollective #outdoortones #somewhere_travel #wondermore #featureshoot #somewhere #roamnation #podroze #travel #allaboutadventures #landscapephotomag #spicollective #poverty #minimal #planetearth #pellicolamag #timeoutsociety #toldwithexposure #nikon #d750 (w: Potosí, Bolivia) https://www.instagram.com/januszfotografii/p/BtVrxpNA0GE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pmv35gpwf03w

The Bolivia series: #bolivia #potosi #4060 #cerro #rico #cerrorico #plata #silver #landscape #landscapephotography #city #cityscape #cityscene #history #historic #historiccity #ancient #mines #mineria (presso Potosí, Bolivia)

El Tío (The Uncle), is believed in Cerro Rico, Potosí, Bolivia as the "Lord of the Underworld'. 👹👺🤡💀☠️👻 There are many statues of this devil-like spirit in the mines of Cerro Rico. El Tío rules over the mines, simultaneously offering protection and destruction. Some figures are really in the shape of a goat. Miners bring offerings such as cigarettes, coca leaves, and alcohol for the statues and believe that if El Tío is not fed, he will take matters into his own hands. Villagers of Potosi ritually slaughter a llama and smear its blood on the entrance to the mines. The miners of Cerro Rico are Catholics and they believe in both Christ and El Tío. However, worship of El Tío is condemned strongly by the Catholic Church. El Tío is similar to some voudou-Folk Catholicism cultures mythology, such as the spirits of protection, the loa, in Legba in Haiti and some cultures in New Orleans. . . . #potosi #cerrorico #viajandoporbolivia #viajandoporelmundo #viajeros #bolivia #boliviatravel #explorebolivia #bolivia2018 #igersbolivia #thisisbolivia #boliviatrip #unboliviable #boliviadestinations #turismobolivia #bolivia🇧🇴 #backpackingbolivia #experiencebolivia #backpackingsouthamerica #backpackingover60 #backpackerstory #travelingbolivia #travelbolivia #travelphotographyoftheday #makememories #makememorieseveryday #makememoriesnotmoney #over60traveler #travellingthroughtheworld #solo_travellers_over60 @wolfgangzehnter (at Potosí, Bolivia)

Cerro Rico: The Mines — Potosi, Bolivia, 2000. From the Archive. A series I shot from inside and around the #silvermines which date back more than 400 years. These mines are still in operation, though the silver which once built a Spanish empire is long since stripped away. #potosíbolivia #mine #cerrorico #miners #widow #underground #potosí #blackandwhite #analogphotography #film #grainy #highspeedfilm #travelphotography #35mm #stevespeharphotography #sspeharphotoarchives #southamerica #bolivia

#walkingaround #potosi #cerrorico #free #cold (en Cerro Rico)

This is Cerro Rico, the mountain that eats men, in Potosí was the prime source for silver in the Spanish Empire. It is still mined today by local cooperatives without any regulation and thus pretty much resembles a swiss cheese with a constant danger of collapsing. Also, mining techniques haven't changed much since the colonial era: drilling holes for dynamite, blasting, hammering the rubble to small pieces and pushing it out in small carts in teams of two to three miners. All this in unventilated, hot and badly reinforced tunnels at 4000 m elevation. Most miners start working in there early teens and many later die of silicosis, cave-ins or suffocate in the tunnels. Entering the mines with a local guide, an ex-miner, was definitely one of the most impressive parts of our trip! #cerrorico #potosi #bolivia #mining #travel #adventure #mine #geology #mountain #silver (at Potosí, Bolivia)

Dining high tonight at 4060m above sea level... in Potosí, Bolivia, whose silver made Europe rich. It's likely that 8m people have died in the mines since these 16th century. . . . . #phdadventure #nosmallplans #potosi #bolivia #highaltitude #miningtown #silver #colonialism #cerrorico #genocide (at Potosí, Bolivia)

The Bolivia Travel Guide Click below for the Beautiful Destinat... #blogshot #beautifuldestination #beautifuldestintaions #boliviacountry #boliviatravel #boliviatravelguide #boliviatravelvlog #cerrorico #deathroad #isladelsol #lapaz #lapaztour #laketiticaca #salardeuyuni #saltflats #southamerica #thingstodoinbolivia #tour #travel #travelblogger #travelbolivia #travelguide #travelsouthamerica #travelvlog #uyunisaltflats #whattoseeinbolivia https://blogshot.net/the-bolivia-travel-guide/?feed_id=15252&_unique_id=5f4364f1c14d3

Lion gate #lion #sculpture #colonial #art #history #antique #square #feline #jungleking #spainstyle #cat #emblem #turism #Potosí #Bolivia #facehunting #pic #vacationphotographer #travelpic #travellover #León #emblema #historia #cerrorico #boliviateespera #conquistaespañola #antiguo #morirantesqueesclavosvivir @blissful_lions @instagram @natgeo @natgeotravel @vacationphotographers (at Potosí, Bolivia)

Woman in traditional Bolivian dress on the Cerro Rico slope. . . . . #Bolivia #potosi #cerrorico #visualcollective #outdoortones #somewhere_travel #wondermore #featureshoot #somewhere #roamnation #podroze #travel #allaboutadventures #landscapephotomag #spicollective #poverty #minimal #planetearth #nikon #d750 (w: Potosí, Bolivia) https://www.instagram.com/januszfotografii/p/BsTAceIArEh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=580zj64m2ajh

Rinconpandora the Bolivia series: Potosí, 2011 #potosi #cerrorico #cerroricodepotosi #bolivia #boliviaquerida #boliviateespera #altitude #highestpoint #southamerica #latinamerica #colonialhouse #colonial #ancient #ancientcity #silver #plata #history (presso Potosí, Bolivia)

Ready to go inside? 🤔🤗😊 The man-Eating mines of Potosí On the Bolivian Altiplano, at more than 4000 meters above sea level, lies South America's most elevated town. Potosí is a mining town famous for the incredible riches that have been cut out of the Cerro Rico Mountain ever since 1545, when the Spaniards began with large-scale excavation. Its silver soon became the foundation of the Spanish Empire, and at its peak in the seventeenth century Potosí was one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities. . . . #potosi #cerrorico #viajandoporbolivia #viajandoporelmundo #viajeros #bolivia #boliviatravel #explorebolivia #bolivia2018 #igersbolivia #thisisbolivia #boliviatrip #unboliviable #boliviadestinations #turismobolivia #bolivia🇧🇴 #backpackingbolivia #experiencebolivia #backpackingsouthamerica #backpackingover60 #backpackerstory #travelingbolivia #travelbolivia #travelphotographyoftheday #makememories #makememorieseveryday #makememoriesnotmoney #over60traveler #travellingthroughtheworld #solo_travellers_over60 @wolfgangzehnter (at Potosí, Bolivia)