![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m a devout Catholic, and I do this as meditation, as a form of prayer,” said López, who’s been a santero for five decades and whose family hails from this village perched on a ridge at 7,000 feet (2,100 meters).Ī few miles down the valley in Cordova, Jerry Sandoval – another santero and the mayordomo’s uncle - says a prayer to each saint before starting to sculpt their image out of pine, cottonwood or aspen. ![]() On a recent Sunday at Truchas’ 1760s Holy Rosary church, López pointed out the rich decorative details that centuries of smoke and grime had hidden until he meticulously removed them with the absorbent inside of sourdough bread. Their feeling is a lot deeper and that’s what keeps it going.” “It’s important for the community to have a connection. “Saints are the spiritual go-to they can be highly powerful,” said Victor Goler, a master santero who just completed conserving the altarpieces, or “reredos,” in Las Trampas’ mid-18th century church. ![]()
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