Thirty years later Indians laid a two-month siege on La Paz – where and when the legend of the Ekeko is set.

The central figure is a little god of abundance known as Ekeko, which means dwarf in Aymara.

* January 24: Alasita is a yearly fair where people usually buy miniature goods and groceries and praise the Ekeko, the andean god of abundance, in order to attract good luck for the rest of the year.

The Ekeko is depicted as a man with a mustache wearing traditional Andean clothes ( especially the poncho ) and completely loaded with bags and baskets with grain and food, ( compare with the cornucopia of some Greco-Roman deities ), household objects, and currency bills, and basically anything that a person is thought to want or need to have a comfortable and prosperous life ; he is commonly found as a little statue to be put in some place of the house, preferably a comfortable one, but also as an amulet attached to key rings ; modern statues of the god include a circular opening in his mouth in which to place a cigarette for Ekeko's pleasure.

The Alasitas festival is held for, and hosted by, the Ekeko, each January 24 and sprawls along many streets and parks in central La Paz and smaller events are held in many neighborhoods around the city.

Throughout other regions the festival for the Ekeko is held in October and known by the name "' Calvario '".

The name Ekeko comes from the alteration of the original term Ekhako or Eqaqo, popularized as Ekhekho which was the ancient god of fortune and prosperity in the Qullasuyu.

This small statue was the Ekeko, which was known to Andean people to be a god of fortune and luck.

Latest tradition has the Ekeko " smoke " a lit cigarette once a year to ensure a full year of prosperity.

In 2009 Bolivia asked the United Nations to recognize the Bolivian cultural roots of the Alasitas festival, celebrating the figure of the Ekeko, something Peru also claims.

The legend of the Ekeko, as narrated by Antonio Díaz Villamil, dates around 1781 in La Paz, Bolivia.

Bolivia claims as part of their heritage to Ekeko.

In the South American Andes, the ' Ekeko ' character functioned in much the same way.

Carlos Ponce Sanginés, for his part, focus his researches in the anthropomorphic figures with phallic elements and prominent humps which, in his opinion, go back to the Inca civilization and, according to his observations, they would correspond to the predecessors of the colonial Ekeko.

The transactions were made with the same stone coins and slowly the cult to the Ekeko was reintroduced and he appeared for the first time modelled in cast.

Ekeko figurine attached with a United States dollar to attract wealth.

Ekeko should be placed in a place of honor at home.

Ekeko brings monetary wealth to its worshipper.

Banknotes are often clipped to the Ekeko as offerings, but some statuettes allow for a cigarette to be lighted as an offering.

Ekeko additionally provides good harvests when offered grain.

The story of the origin of the Ekeko starts with Paulita Tintaya, an Indian girl who worked for Doña Josefa Ursula de Rojas Foronda, in La Paz.

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