IN STEREO

I don’t participate in most of the celebrations of the folklore. Sometimes I'm curious, but I never went to see them or anything like that. Some worship the devil; that also exists in the mill. Like any mine, there is always belief in the Uncle, as we are told. But for me, I believe it is more the Pachamama [Mother Earth]. Maybe they have faith, but many believe because they have to believe. They give an offering: llamas. They kill them. They bring them alive, and they sacrifice them. They paint the machines with the blood, throw it to different sections of the mill. All the corners, the four corners. With four or six llamas, like that. It must always be even, never odd, right? We have these customs for Espiritu, during May and June, more than anything.

Those three main occasions: Espiritu, carnivals, and anniversary, the creation of the company, it’s the same with their offerings. They make a sacrifice. It’s almost similar to the mine because it’s so that nothing happens: that it is a very quiet year and that there is much production; that there is money that is generated, that there is much profit for the plant, for the staff; wellbeing for the whole family of the workers and also for the employers. That’s what the offering is for, more than anything: for wellbeing, right? But it's the ch’alla – always sharing, that faith they have – I participate more in the ch’alla. I have faith, and I participate in the ch’alla at work more than anywhere. If one has faith, faith moves mountains, as many people say. – Lorenzo