A wooden tabernacle in the Church of Santiago Apostal in the shape of the Mixtec Tree of Life. Santiago Matatlan, Mexico. This demonstrates an integr
A wooden tabernacle in the Church of Santiago Apostal in the shape of the Mixtec Tree of Life. 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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