Every year Catemaco, a small town in the south of Mexico, hosts the Annual Witch Gathering. Healers and witch doctors converge on this beautiful lakeside town in March to make their yearly trade. 16 since pre-Hispanic times, Lake Catemaco has been a centre for alternative medicine and strange treatments. 17 , the area’s association with witchcraft dates back to Olmec times more than 2,000 years ago. If you’ve ever seen the Sean Connery movie Medicine Man, 18 the annual convention of wizards and witches will be familiar to you. 19 , get prepared for the overwhelming attack of wizards and witches here. Most witch doctors are guaranteed to be charlatans, not real doctors, who 20 some quick money from tourists. Yet, don’t be surprised if the occasional remedy offered is effective.
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