Apparently it sells certain herbal remedies, ornaments and a few more unorthodox ingredients intended to manipulate and supplicate the various malevolent and benevolent spirits of the Aymara world.
An example is llama foetus, which the locals believe that by burying it under the cornerstone of a new house, it will encourage Pachamama (local term for earth god) to bring good luck within.
I easily saw many of these llama foetus of various sizes and stages of preservation, which at some points it looked pretty scary.
Nevertheless this made for an interesting walk to see the various kind of remedies they use for all sorts of stuff!
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