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Muisca
The Muisca was a South American tribe that lived mainly in modern day Cundinamarca and Boyacá highlands. They were farmers and artisans. Today sacred places like the lakes of Guatavita , Fuquene , Tota and Iguaque still remain.
Guatavita is one of the many fabled locations of El Dorado, where local legends say a young girl broke a pot, and water flowed and from it and made the lake. It is said further that later, during the Spanish conquest, the locals threw their wealth into the lake to prevent it from being discovered by the conquerors.
Other legends locate the famous site in the lakes of the little archaeological site at Pasca (Cundinamarca) near Bogotá.
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