A Bolivian miner has covered his home with carvings of long-horned demons and other terrifying creatures, intended to pay homage to the country’s colonial past, but has shocked some neighbors who fear a link to occult rituals.
The brick house in the city of El Alto belongs to David Choque, who commissioned an artist to create the skeletal demons out of cement and wood and installed them on its roof, doors and walls.
There is a black skull on the front door of the house and giant teeth around a window frame, below which is a carved dragon.
Shock told Reuters that he hoped the creepy house would spur local tourism.
“Closed-minded people will think it’s supernatural, but people need to open their minds and see this as a tourist attraction, something that can improve the region,” said Choque, who comes from a mining family.
“It will bring good things, not bad.”
Shock added that the sculptures are an allusion to life in Bolivian mines centuries ago, during Spanish colonial rule, when local indigenous people were frightened and forced to dig for silver.
Colonial lords showed miners images of demons and warned them that they would be abducted by the spirits if they refused to work.
One resident, Maria Laurel, said she had heard of nudity rituals in the house. “The neighbors here are scared,” she said. “The truth is, it scares me.”
Shock denied such rituals and noted that similar depictions of demons appear on altars at mine entrances, where workers often leave offerings, believing it will protect them.
Source: CNN Brasil
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