I'm standing outside the big market, I know
you can smell the foetuses, it's close to
San Francisco Church, smells like dead animal,
I'm not interested in going into the church
though, that's a good question, we didn't
ask, what we're looking for today is hidden
in the back streets, do you know what it costs?
we are looking for the dark secrets, we're
looking for the magic, and the dark spells,
we're looking for The Witches Market. Let's
go! So it's actually quite a climb up, from
the church up to this street. In recent years
this street has become much more touristy.
But apparently there are some shops where
you can buy genuine witchcraft products. and
that's what we're going looking for today.
One of the things which is supposed to be
available here is llama foetuses, eww! so
we're going to go looking for some of those,
okay? Let's go! Here you can see one of the
llama foetuses, and it's been wrapped up in
cords, there's silver foil and gold foil wrapped
around it, all around it you can see there's
actually tributes of I'm not sure what these
tributes are, they look like soap actually,
maybe they're made from sugar. There's a couple
of cigarettes in there as well. And this is
supposed to bring you good luck. It has a
strange smell, a strange metallic smell about
it. Here's one of the local gods, he's smoking
a cigarette, and he's wearing this clothing
which is all wrapped up in money, he's even
got a truck in there, someone's left him a
truck. A bottle of cognac. Where are the witches?
I can't find any witches! Someone's left him
one yuan. We better go and find some. Let's
go in one of these shops and have a look.
Well, I haven't found any witches, varicose
veins, I have found this witchcraft store,
appendicitis, there seems to be a lot of interesting
products in here, ulcer gas, let's have a
look around, penis, see what we can find.
There's this guy again, he seems to be one
of the local gods, this time he's got one
thousand dollar bills wrapped around his neck.
Here's one of the cholittas, right here and
she's standing next to a bottle of something
called, Triple RSX Tonic. On this shelf, it
says Ekeko, I'm not sure if that's this guy's
name, this guy again, he seems to have burned
his mouth smoking a cigarette. Lluvia de Dinero,
which I think means "make the money rain",
regulate your menstrual cycle, one for the
ladies. This actually kinda feels more like
a hippy store, I haven't really seen any witches,
or anything witchy in here, so let's go and
check out some other stores. Let's go! See
up there, there's lots of llama foetuses,
quanto es una esta? Not for sale! So I just
met Steve up here on the Witches Market. Steve's
got a YouTube channel as well. Yeah, we're
called Jetlag Warriors, Steve and Ivona, Explore,
Connect and Inspire! Friends call us Stevona,
we made it maybe six months ago, we did eight
weeks last year around South East Asia, been
uploading all our videos, doing five weeks
this year in South America. We feature other
travellers on there, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook,
and a website and all that jazz. Just met
Brin here, at the Witches Market in Bolivia.
Awesome! Hello! Add Jetlag Warriors. Er! We
were thinking of buying a love potion. I think
it's a drink, and I think it makes someone
else fall in love with you, if you drink it.
But we're already in love, so maybe we thought
it might have the reverse effect. That's beautiful!
And I see a lot of these llama foetuses, yeah,
what's that about? Do you know what they use
that for? I think, they bury those foetuses
in their house for good luck. If you buy a
new house, you would bury the foetus in your
garden as a sign of good luck. Is that traditional?
I think it's traditional, I know you can smell
the foetuses. It smells like dead animal.
That's a good question, we didn't ask. Do
you know what it costs? No, I don't think
we'll buy it. Cool! Let's go!
