The last of Chiquitania
13 October 2005
4:12 PM
I wrote earlier that I would post several shorter stories about our trip to Santa Cruz in lieu of a gigantic monologue. To that end, I wrote about:
- The unusual sights
- The history of the Jesuit missions in Chiquitania
- A monkey
- Juan Vaca’s restoration of medieval music
And so here we reach the last. When we visited the workshop where Juan Vaca restores the decaying sheets of music, we also saw a woodworking school where men were studying the art. I won’t bore you with my typical lengthy description; it suffices to say I was very impressed watching the woodworkers. Of course, I took pictures. Here’s a glimpse inside the woodworking school:
Woodworking tools.
Sculpting Jesus.
An artisan reproducing a statue.
Nails and sign for sculpture of Jesus.
And that’s all he wrote. About Chiquitania, at least.
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