| Rite & Traditional Custom, 2nd prize |
| Painted Board |
| Jorge Deustua(Peru) |
| In Ayacucho, located in the Andes Mountains in Peru, there is a small village called Sarhua. In Sarhua, the houses are built with the help of many people. Newly married couples who lack economic resources receive help from their parents, godfathers, friends and relatives. They donate wood, straw, stones and other required materials for building the new homes. To acknowledge this support, the new couple has a portrait of each and every person who helped build their house painted on the ceiling beams of the principle room. This way, their friends and loved ones stay with them forever and the painted beams remain as a grateful remembrance. In Sarhua, this tradition has a history of nearly three hundred years. | ||
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2. Because of the civil war, many of Sarhua's people moved
to Lima, and their habits and ways of life changed. Instead of painting
on beams, Sarhua migrants started painting on wooden boards. Felling nostalgic
for their ancient hometown, painters began to paint their traditional
festivities and customs, their myths and religious beliefs.
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| 3. Jacinto is the only artist in Sarhua. | ||
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| 4. Boards with paintings. | ||
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| 6. On the way to the new house. | ||
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| 7. Singing at the evening party. | ||
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| 10. The helpers. | ||
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| 11. In Sarhua, carpet making is the men's job. | ||
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| 12. The spring is the only water resource in the village. |
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