dried lama fetus - witch market - La Paz

Pachamama (Goddess of Earth) is the undisputed ruler on the Altiplano (no matter that each town has a couple churches) and Pachamama expects her share if you build a house....and she would not mind to see some blood. If one is building a house, the owners slit the throat of a lama or alpaca and let the blood drip into the ground to appease Pachamama for disturbing the ground. A cheaper alternative (if you cannot afford a lama) is to bury one lama fetus under each corner of the house.