Layug’s sculptures lead to ‘sacred encounters’
GUAGUA, Pampanga — Religious craftsmen, known locally as “santeros” and “imagineros,” have been helping express the Roman Catholic faith in visual form for centuries.
GUAGUA, Pampanga — Religious craftsmen, known locally as “santeros” and “imagineros,” have been helping express the Roman Catholic faith in visual form for centuries.
Kapampangan sculptor Willy Layug will present Pope Francis with an image of the child Jesus as his family’s gift during the Pontiff’s apostolic visit to the Philippines next month.
A peaceful, tree-shaded rotunda accentuated by beautifully gnarled bonsai and old stone arches seems like an unlikely place to find a hub of unusual activity. Uniformed young adults hack at stones, chop and saw wood, unsnake electrical wires, lay pipes, paint walls, make intricate designs in paint and gold leaf, or slather walls with lime mortar.
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