Peruvian shamans, witch-doctors, invoke April 1 at River Rimac benign spirits to keep the swollen...

Peruvian shamans, witch-doctors, invoke April 1 at River Rimac benign spirits to keep the swollen river Rimac, threatening to flood Lima, from bursting its banks. El Nino driven storms have triggered floods throughout Peru since late last year but Lima, which lies on a desert seaboart, has remained largely unaffected. Peruvian fishermen nicknamed the freak weather system El Nino-Spanish for the Christ Child-because it usually forms during the Christmas period. The shamanes brandished effigies of a young Jesus Christ to ward off the phenomenon's destructive powers.