Detail of a wooden tabernacle in the shape of the Mixtec Tree of Life. Church of Santiago Apostal, Santiago Matatlan, Mexico. This demonstrates an in
Detail of a wooden tabernacle in the shape of the Mixtec Tree of Life. Church of Santiago Apostal, Santiago Matatlan, Mexico. This demonstrates an integration of Catholicism with the traditional indigenous Mixtec relation. According to Mixtec legend, the first corn seeds are held in this Tree of Life.
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