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this context of religious and folk saints, rituals magic arise like Leo Kopp, and Julio Garavito. Below there is a little description about these myths.

Leo Kopp Leo Kopp was born on August 14th in 1858 in Germany. He immigrated to Colombia during the Second World War. When he arrives to Colombia, he creates the Bavaria Company in the neighborhood San Diego in Bogota in front of the National Museum. He was famous because he was very generous, and he always gave a job to. people that needed it. Even currently he is named "The Saint of work". He died in 1927, and over his tomb there is a sculpture in honor to him. It´s in position like waiting for something.

The story tells that one day Mrs. Maria, from the perseverance neighborhood of Bogotá, was very desperate for their economic situation. She went to Central cemetery to visit her husband´s grave, but when she was there, she saw the tomb of Mr. Kopp, and she felt attracted to the sculpture over the tomb of Mr. Kopp and she got close

to clean the

figure´s ear and she whispered your problems, to looking for help. Since that day, this story became very common between all people many people go


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