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Where salt is a way of life #photo#Bolivia Nico is 40, and for 30 of them, he’s been a salero or salt gatherer. Nico’s father and grandfather were saleros too. But the profession of salero is likely to disappear with Nico. It is becoming less popular in Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat. Nico has a big family of five brothers and two sisters, and he’s one of the few who keep coming to the salt flats, gathering the raw mineral left behind by prehistoric lakes and selling it. But Nico is not just a salero; he’s also an artist. Nico makes sculptures with salt - flamingos, llamas and off-road vehicles. An RT Documentary’s crew spent ten days with the Bolivian saleros to make a documentary about the people who gather salt 3,500 metres above sea level. It’s coming soon! Subscribe to our channel, and don’t miss our new videos! Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary