the Virgin Mary, fused with the Cerro Rico — the mountain which provided Potosí with its silver. Native people worship pachamama, or the Earth, and by equating the land with the Virgin, Holguí
The Virgin Mary, fused with the Cerro Rico — the mountain which provided Potosí with its silver. Native people worshiped pachamama, or the Mother Earth, and by equating the land with the Virgin, Catholic missionaries hoped to slowly supplant pagan imagery.
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