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Listen: The World ProgramNicario Jimenez demonstrating Peruvian retablo making - Gainesville, Florida.
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Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Peruvian Folk Arts-"Retablo" Making and Indian Weaving, 1988 ; Box 1, FF13
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The demonstration took place at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Retablos are a mix of Spanish and Native American traditions. They originated with the personal shrines carried by Spanish soldiers, and later combined with Indian motifs and stories. Crafted from a mixture of plaster of paris and boiled potato, retablos depict religious events, festivals, scenes of daily life and stories of social and political change.
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