In Bolivia, shamans live in suicide houses on the edge of a steep cliff

Surprisingly, the residents refuse to move to safer houses.

Hundreds of houses perched on the edge of a steep earthen cliff on the outskirts of El Alto in Bolivia have been called “suicide houses” because of the high risk of a devastating landslide.

Reuters writes about it.

Located on Panorama Avenue and La Seja, one of El Alto's busiest commercial districts, the Bolivian “suicide houses” have attracted a lot of attention due to their precarious location on the very edge of a cliff that is considered highly vulnerable to landslides. Rains have wreaked havoc in and around the Bolivian capital in recent weeks, further increasing the risk of landslides. But this does not seem to scare the residents of these “suicide houses” at all, as most of them refuse to move. These houses are home to local shamans, known as yatirs, and…