In El Alto, Bolivia, a row of precarious structures known as “suicide homes” cling to the edge of a 200-foot cliff (61 meters). These dwellings, often used by Aymara shamans for rituals honoring Pachamama (Mother Earth), are increasingly unstable due to erosion from heavy rains and climate change. (AP Video/Carlos Guerrero)
Aymara shamans defy eviction as erosion threatens Bolivia’s ‘suicide homes’
In El Alto, Bolivia, a row of precarious structures known as “suicide homes” cling to the edge of a 200-foot cliff (61 meters). These dwellings, often used by Aymara shamans for rituals honoring Pachamama (Mother Earth), are increasingly unstable due to erosion from heavy rains and climate change. (AP Video/Carlos Guerrero)