:this article is about a mythical city of gold; for other uses see el dorado (disambiguation).   el dorado (, ; spanish for "the golden one"), originally el hombre dorado (the golden man), el indio dorado (the golden indian), or el rey dorado (the golden king), is the term used by europeans to describe a tribal chief of the muisca native people of colombia, south america, who as an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and dived into lake guatavita. imagined as a place, el dorado went from a city to a kingdom and an empire of this legendary golden king. in pursuit of the legend, spanish conquistadors francisco orellana and gonzalo pizarro departed from quito (now capital of ecuador) in 1541 in an expedition towards the amazon basin, as a result of which orellana became the first known person to navigate the entire length of the amazon river. el dorado or eldorado is now the name of numerous places, especially mining towns, in south america, the united states and elsewhere, as well as the name of many films and tv shows, pieces of music, sports teams, and other items. ==muisca indigenous people==   the muisca occupied the highlands of cundinamarca and boyacÃ¡ departments of colombia in two migrations from outlying lowland areas, one starting ~1270bce, and a second between 800bce and 500bce. at those times, other more ancient civilizations also flourished in the highlands. in the mythology of the muisca, mnya the gold or golden color, represents the energy contained in the trinity of chiminigagua, which constitutes the creative power of everything that exists.http://www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co/portal/bogotanitos/mitos/chiminichagua chiminigagua is, along with bachuÃ©, cuza, chibchacum, bochica, and nemcatacoa, one of the creators of the universe. ===the tribal ceremony===  the original narrative can be found in the rambling chronicle, el carnero, of juan rodriguez freyle. according to freyle, the king or chief priest of the muisca, in a ritual at lake guatavita near present-day bogotÃ¡ was said to be covered with gold dust which
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