The retablo, when a religious tradition becomes popular art
Recently, a short documentary published on the Nat Geo webpage put the spotlight on a popular art that has existed only in the Peruvian Andes for hundreds of years. It is the retablo, a singular handicraft that hasn’t disappeared despite the fact that there are only a few master retablo artisans. Arturo Ramos, a young voice for this art, believes that all is not lost. “We need to motivate more people to become involved with this art,” he says [...]