Shamans wearing ponchos and hats perform a ritual for 2012 at the San Cristobal hill in Lima
Shamans wearing ponchos and hats perform a ritual for 2012 at the San Cristobal hill in Lima December 29, 2011. A group of shamans met in a new year's ritual of invoking the gods, spitting and spraying garishly colored potions and strewing flower petals to the beats of drums and rattles on a hill overlooking Lima decked with skulls, shells and beads. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY)