All Saints' Church in Mumbles, the church of my christening, confirmation, wedding, as well as numerous family funerals, is the setting for an annual International Crib Exhibition. I went along today not expecting a lot but being amazed.
Nativity scenes from all over the world reflecting the culture of those places, varying in size from half life-size to teeny weeny, and in style from simple to extravagant. I don't usually post lots of photos but I have to because there was so much variety! If you don't want to go through them all skip to the end for the saddest one.
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Bangladesh, terracotta |
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Cameroon, possibly ivory |
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Ecuador, from bread dough |
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Germany |
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Also Germany, a nativity pyramid that rotates when the propeller is blown. |
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Italy |
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Mexico |
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The largest, the one from All Saints' church itself. |
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Nepal felted |
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Peru, Mary feeding her baby |
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Peru, in a pumpkin |
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Peru, just loved the llamas |
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Philippines, from mung beans |
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Also Philippines, cane? straw? |
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Poland, from sweet papers |
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Russia |
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Vietnam, paper |
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Wales, pebbles
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Holy Land complete with wall |
8 comments:
What an interesting display!
What a marvelous gallery! I had favorites, of course, the bread dough being one, and all the Peruvian ones. Thanks so much for showing us, particularly the poignant last one.
What a fun exhibit!
How unusual, but the ultimate one is small and not clickable, so I can't tell what is sad.
Anvilcloud, it's a modern nativity scene made in Palestine showing the wall that now splits the country.
Lovely!
Beautiful exhibit!
What an interesting display. I love how different they all are yet depict the same scene.
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