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'"'hi ch

is still today in the churehes and SÜ'me

homes, notwithstanding the constant exportation

V\·ithin a brief period, demonstrate that Cuzco had

no rival in wnodcarving.

The religious spirit which inspired their art

also prompted other phases of colonial culture.

Thé Universities and Colleges were directed ex–

clusively by monastic orders, and the social life

revolved arourid the temples. Because of this

Cuzco still cherishes som·e traditional religious

, cel brations, such as the procession in honor of

th e Lord of Earthquakes and Corpus Cristi. The

former is observed during Holy Week each year,

und is almost funeral and withal deeply impres–

sive, depicti

traaitionally the tragic earthquake

of 1650, wh n

e terrified

.i u

eBt oar,

the

image of Chris

r ce sion im oring

merey;

fro~

tnis

has c

ntin e

file

e stom

of carrying th

Cl!J

•

age th:r;,o g

the streets

or public

do ation.

Th-e

prncessi€>n ·s

iven a

special solemnity by the enormous throngs of

Indians, many of whom come from great dis–

tances in the Sierra for the sale purpose of at–

tending the ceremony and ímploring pity for

their secular woes as a people conquered and

enslaved. From this póint of view the Lord of

Earthquakes has become, not only to the

Indians~

but to all ·the common peo·ple, a symbol of desire

ft>r redemption or reinstatement.

The festival of the Corpus, on the other hand,