It's one of the
of the museum: La Balsa Muisca de El Dorado ... La
Balsa Muisca de El Dorado. It shows the famous
of the Golden Man - El Dorado - which took place at
Guatavita.
The people of that time
their god lived in the lake. The first thing a new king had
to do was to make an offering to this god.
First, the new
king was
from head to foot in gold and then he went out on a raft.
You can see him there, standing in the middle, the
figure. And at his feet was a
of gold and emeralds. And he was
by four of his chiefs, who had offerings of their own. So they all
to the centre of the lake and then they offered the god the gold
and emeralds. Actually there must still be some there, but people
have been taking things out of the lake for .
