Cross of Lamentation Hand Made Religious Wood Retablo Diorama Andean Folk Art Annapurna and polishes the wood with

and polishes the wood with an agate stone and wax

Famed as bearer of good luck and long life

The turtles are carved by hand from jempinis wood with a natural finish

trancelike

floating above a Salvadoran town

Cross of Lamentation Hand Made Religious Wood Retablo Diorama Andean Folk Art Annapurna and polishes the wood withAfter Christ's death on the cross, the image itself came to be venerated as one of the most important Christian symbols. Alejandro Chvez shows an empty cross, graced with a portrait of Jesus. Ladders reach to beams where ofrendas (offerings) have been placed. Figures in traditional Andean dress kneel below the cross, their eyes lifted in devout prayer. Known as a retablo, this traditional diorama is housed in a colorful chest crafted of wood and