The average parish church usually has a few volunteers whose annual task is to retrieve the Nativity statues from their hibernation and recreate the popular scene that brings diversity into the sanctuary. However in the Vatican as one might expect everything is larger than life and full of surprises . You see the Vatican statues aren't simply dragged out from a museum cupboard. Each year the Vatican Nativity features a nod to cultural diversity that can ruffle the magna cappas of the old guard.
The Vatican Nativity isn't simply put together between all the other papal gigs. No, it has its own official inauguration complete with brass band and lots of speeches.
As with Shakespeare the Nativity scene has been interpreted, played out and set to music in a rich diversity that often has little reference to the original text. So here for your "Wow, Father never told us this" moments are some other insights into imagining the Nativity
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| The Gift Robyn Davis |
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| Melanesian Nativity |
Images That Open Your Eyes: the Nativity in Art
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