#Latest news with #seerWashington Post06-08-2025GeneralWashington PostBurnt offerings, whispering to mountains: Inside Bolivians' rituals for Mother EarthLA CUMBRE, Bolivia — Neyza Hurtado was 3 years old when she was struck by lightning. Forty years later, sitting next to a bonfire on a 13,700-foot (4,175-meter) mountain, her scarred forehead makes her proud. 'I am the lightning,' she said. 'When it hit me, I became wise and a seer. That's what we masters are.'
Washington Post06-08-2025GeneralWashington PostBurnt offerings, whispering to mountains: Inside Bolivians' rituals for Mother EarthLA CUMBRE, Bolivia — Neyza Hurtado was 3 years old when she was struck by lightning. Forty years later, sitting next to a bonfire on a 13,700-foot (4,175-meter) mountain, her scarred forehead makes her proud. 'I am the lightning,' she said. 'When it hit me, I became wise and a seer. That's what we masters are.'
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