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· 06 Jun 2021

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Several stories involve this character from Venezuela's meridan culture

There are no records or documents with the name of this woman, but if the reason she is so named, and it is thanks to literature, the fascinating poem written by Venezuelan Andrés Eloy Blanco in his book -Juanbimbada- dating from 1936.

He describes a woman who was crazy and walked aimlessly near Timotes of Merida state.

This town was where the writer remained resident in 1932 on orders of Gómez in times of dictatorship, and according to his attention the story of the woman who cried in trouble in the streets for her deceased children.

Other versions claim that Luz Caraballo, was from the independence era, and his madness, was because of the abandonment of his two sons after joining the army of Bolivar, soon they died in war.

Historians associate a verse from Andres Eloy Blanco's word where it says: “The other two went after a man on horseback — and perhaps it was the Liberator..

That is why in the legend it says that she pointed out the route contrary to the Spaniards so that they would not follow Bolivar and his children, at their crossing through the Venezuelan Andes

Stories or legends are not left alone in a poem. A monument with a statue, park and Museum of Antiquities “La Loca Luz Caraballo” was also created, near the village of Apartaderos, on a small hill at 3,473 masl..

To get to this place you have to take the trasandina road, most tourists stop to appreciate the monument and the beautiful view of Apartaderos and the Astrophysico del Hato del llano.

A group of children from the wasteland recite to tourists the word of the celebrated Poet Andrés Eloy Blanco on the Crazy Luz Caraballo, waiting to receive applause and monetary contribution from them.

Its monument is part of the built heritage of the Mérida state. It is a 1967 work by the Spanish plastic artist Manuel de La Fuente.

Next to the monument is a concrete plate with bronze veneer, with the image of Andrés Eloy Blanco and his “Palabreo de la Loca Luz Caraballo”.

The figure of the woman stands up with long rags, careless hair and raised arm pointing to the horizon with a finger, evoking the legend of the alleged false sign of the Bolivar route that Luz Caraballo gave to the Spaniards in the time of independence