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on fire for three days (The Guardian, 2016). Another woman was beated so badly on witchcraft accusations
that she miscarried her baby in 2015 (The Guardian, 2016). Today, in an effort to protect their dying and
criticized practice, there is a famous Mercado de Brujas in Lima, comparable to the San Pedro market in
Cusco with its multitude of Shamanic shops.
A Peruvian Bruja at her stall in the
Mercado de Brujas in Lima, Peru.
Photo for representation.
Women are still being burned
alive for practicing Brujeria in
Peru. (Indian Express, 2016)
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