Idafe, the watchman, is part of a consecrated landscape. Monitors the main entrance, natural drainage of the Great Depression of steel or Caldera, semicircular natural strength of about 9 km in diameter, a circumference of 28 km and a drop of almost 2,000 m. Idafe
The silhouette resembles a human form. So he should be fed symbolically to continue in office and do not die, which trigger the breakdown of the harmony of nature and the disappearance of the community
"They had so afraid that she might fall and kill agreeing that all animals killed for food, give him a Idafe the offal. Iban in procession singing up to their neighborhood, saying And Idafe iguida and Iguana, "says Idafe fall," and another replied: That Guert yguan taro, "Give what you bring and do not fall." After throwing on the ground the offal went away "(Abreu Galindo, wrote in the late sixteenth century). 
The ancient man not only makes verbal images, but also figurative images. Implores the" statues "for protection and product offerings will lead a libation. The supplication and sacrifice are full of symbolic meaning, while retaining its meaning Idafe. The belief is blind, clings to the monolith and makes it a myth. 
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