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Natalie Santana explained that, “this crib has been elaborated with the intention of rescuing the traditional materials of this region, for example, in Huancavelica there is an abundance of “cancania stone” (thermal stone, ndr), which is also used to make the constructions, so it has been asked to comply with this characteristic, to visualize the stones in this way”. One of the main characteristics is that all the material has received waterproofing treatment, a treatment that will be used to expose it to the weather during this month. So, they are all made with a material that is somewhere between traditional and modern, such as the use of resins so that it can withstand the different temperatures.

The Peruvian artisan also said that, “in this nativity scene is represented much of the Huancavelican landscape and also represents the birth with characteristics of a costume of the area of Huancavelica, in this case of the Chopcca Nation. So, you can see in the nativity scene St. Joseph, the Virgin Mary, with all the costumes of this area in order to promote the textiles of Huancavelica. In addition, the figures of the crib have been made with a structure of iron, fiberglass, resin, glued fabric and other materials to give durability, impermeability to all this work. Also, the Huancavelican artist said that artisans from all over the region have participated, who are always involved in everything that is the Huancavelican tradition and therefore, they have been able to represent and have been able to express their knowledge in all this landscape of the crib to represent it in the Vatican.

What the pope said

“It’s hideous,” said Anita Banti, who stared in horror at the menagerie of animals: chicks that looked like toppled meteorites, a camel made of ceramic cubes. “Why do they have that one with the horns?” she asked. “What’s that – a turkey?”

“Vatican’s embarrassing sci-fi nativity scene,” read a headline in the conservative Catholic Herald, which like many conservative media and commentators declared the nativity ruined. “A figure has often been described resembling Darth Vader,” wrote the author of the note before doubling down on the nerd reference: “Though he looks more like Sontaran from Doctor Who.”

His wife left obfuscated while he explained that he remembered this style of pottery from his childhood, that it was from a time and place when moon landings dominated the secular and religious imaginary and that these harmless figures did not deserve all the insults the philistine Italian press heaped on them; some authors even hinted that something demonic lurked behind them.

Vatican news

Vatican City, Dec 10 (EFE) – Pope Francis today praised the Peruvian nativity scene installed in St. Peter’s Square, which comes from the community of Chopcca, in the region of Huancavelica and “represents the peoples of the Andes,” when he received today the delegations that have donated the nativity scene and the tree for this Christmas.

The pontiff emphasized that “the characters of the nativity scene, made with materials and clothes proper of those territories, represent the peoples of the Andes and symbolize the universal call to salvation”.

The nativity scene is formed with these 35 pieces made with resin, fiberglass and other waterproof materials, it is intended to represent not only the material elements “but the living culture, traditions and experiences” of this community, they explained.

For this reason it has been made an “extraction of everyday elements in the Peruvian Andes” not only in the human figures but also in the animals that decorate the nativity, including llamas that replace camels, alpacas, condors or chinchillas.

Vatican nativity 2021

The figure of an astronaut has slipped into the traditional Nativity Scene in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, with large ceramic figures of contemporary art that will not leave the visitor indifferent.

The figure of an astronaut has slipped into the traditional Nativity Scene in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, with large ceramic figures of contemporary art that will not leave the visitor indifferent.

The Nativity Scene, aesthetically far from the more classical representations, comes from the town of Castelli, in the Abruzzo region (center), and is composed of fifty-four figures of the typical ceramics of the area.

In addition to the Holy Family and the Magi, there are numerous sculptures of animals, but they are created in a fanciful and original way, such as a curious turkey or a sheep that looks more like a tangled ball of wool.

The whole composition is on a 125 square meter white light base, at the foot of the obelisk in the square, and can be seen in this peculiar Christmas, marked by a pandemic that has imposed a curfew and has even brought forward the Midnight Mass.