Spellbound
Travel writer James Dorsey visits the mercado de brujas, or witches’ market, in the Peruvian capital, Lima
James Dorsey
@agingexplorer
The women arrive with the dawn, many on overnight buses from the mountains. Their traditional layered petticoats and bowler hats identify them as curanderos (healers) and they gather each week at the witches’ market in Lima, where the faithful wait to be cured.