Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico
By Claire and Richard Stracke Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation In San Pablo Mitla: Calvary group |
San Pablo Mitla |
Shown above is the church of St. Paul in Mitla,
a town in the Central Valley about 30 miles (50 km.) from
Oaxaca City. On the day of our visit in 1991, the church
was being decorated by lay women known as Senadoras
in the Hermandad de la Virgen del
Carmen. The senadoras were wearing
uniforms similar to the habits of Franciscans, and indeed
to the gown worn on statues of their patron, Our Lady of
Mount Carmel. Our tour begins in the narthex of the church
with a Calvary grouping. Photo by Ivanpares. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. |