Yendani pafupi ndi masitolo okhumudwitsa a Old San Juan ndipo muwawone: mafanizo opangidwa ndi manja, omwe amapangidwa ndi matabwa ( santos de palo ), oyera kapena ena achipembedzo. Awa ndiwo santos a Puerto Rico, ndipo ndizochokera ku chikhalidwe cha chilumba chomwe chimapita zaka mazana ambiri. Santos ndizofala mdziko lonse la Latin.
Zilonda zazikuluzikulu zimapangidwira matchalitchi, pomwe zing'onozing'ono zomwe mungapeze mosavuta m'masitolo komanso m'mabwalo zimayikidwa kuti ziziikidwa m'nyumba.
Ku Puerto Rico, pafupifupi nyumba iliyonse ili ndi santo. Ambiri a ku Puerto Rico amaika zinyama zawo m'bokosi la matabwa ndi zitseko zopukuta, zotchedwa nicho , ndi kuzigwiritsa ntchito monga maguwa pomwe amapereka nsembe kapena kuyankha mapemphero awo.
Mbiri ya Santos ku Puerto Rico
Miyambo ya santos yakhala ikukhala ku Puerto Rico kuyambira m'zaka za zana la 16. Poyamba iwo anali ndi cholinga chenicheni: kugwiritsira ntchito kumudzi kumidzi komwe kunalibe kuchepa kwa mipingo. Pali santo kuchokera ku Puerto Rico ku Smithsonian Museum of National History yomwe inayamba zaka za m'ma 1500. Poyamba, santos anajambula kuchokera ku mtengo umodzi; Pambuyo pake ntchitoyi inakhala yopambana kwambiri, ndipo zidutswa zosiyana zinasonkhana kuti zitheke.
Santos ndizithunzi zopangidwa ndi manja omwe amadziwika ngati santeros . Pogwiritsira ntchito mpeni, awa amisiri (ambiri mwa iwo omwe amalemekezedwa ngati akatswiri amisiri pachilumbachi) amajambula komanso nthawi zina amakongoletsa zolengedwa zawo ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali kapena filigree.
Amagwiritsanso ntchito kusakaniza sera ndi choko kuti apange mutu ndi nkhope ya woyera.
Ngakhale zolengedwa zikuluzikulu zokhudzana ndi mipingo nthawi zambiri zimakhala zowonjezereka, makamaka, kukonzanso zitsulo zimakhala zosavuta; zosiyana kwambiri ndi masjigante masks , zomwe zimafika kumalo otentha a mtundu ndi zokopa, santos (zocheperapo, zing'onozing'ono zopangidwa m'nyumba zapakhomo) zimapangidwa ndi kukhudzidwa pang'ono ndi kukongola kwa nyumba.
Mofananamo, santos kawirikawiri sichisonyezedwe mwachipongwe, maso awo akukweza kumwamba kapena kuwonekera poyera kapena pozunzika kapena kuphedwa. M'malo mwake, iwo amajambula momveka bwino, kapena akukwera pamahatchi kapena ngamira kumbuyo kwa Mafumu Atatu. Ichi ndichinsinsi ndi chophweka chomwe chimapereka santos pazochita zawo komanso zauzimu.
'Chikumbumtima cha Chiroma
Santos amagwira ntchito yofunikira pamoyo wa Puerto Ricans (ndi anthu achikatolika lonse ku Latin America), koma amapanganso kusasamala kwa nthawi yanu pachilumbachi. Monga zojambula zambiri ndi zamisiri, zimachokera ku zojambula zopanda pake, zopanda ndalama zomwe zimapezeka kwa madola ochepa chabe kuti zikhale zabwino zokongola zapamwamba zogulira ndalama zabwino. Ngati mukuyang'ana wakale, yendani pafupifupi pafupi ndi sitolo iliyonse ya chikumbutso ku San Juan ndipo mudzawapeza. Kwachiwiri, ndikofunikira kuyang'ana siginecha ya wojambula. Santeros odziwika bwino nthawi zonse amasaina ntchito yawo, kuwonetsa kufunika kwake ndi kutumikira monga chizindikiro chodziwikiratu cha zomangamanga. Webusaiti yoperekedwa ku Puerto Rican santos ikuphatikizapo mndandanda wa masewera ( tallas ) ndi amisiri omwe amadziwika kuzungulira chilumbachi ndi dziko lonse lapansi pa ntchito yawo.
Ku Old San Juan, muli malo ochepa kumene mungapeze zitsanzo zabwino za santos.
Galería Botello pa Cristo Street ali ndi masewera okongola a santos, ambiri kuyambira m'ma 1900 kuchokera ku masewera olimbitsa thupi ozungulira chilumbachi. Ndinawonetsanso zochepa zomwe zimagulitsidwa (zogulitsa) ku Siena Art Gallery ku San Francisco Street, mmodzi mwa anthu ambiri mumzindawu.
Mukhozanso kuyang'anitsitsa museum wa santos chifukwa cha chikhalidwe chotsatirachi, zitsanzo zabwino za Puerto Rican santos, ndi kuyankhulana ndi santeros.
Zomwe zimakhala zosavuta kwambiri ndi za Mafumu atatu (mwina pa phazi kapena pa akavalo) ndi machitidwe ambiri a Namwali Maria. Ngati akuyendetsa chidwi chanu, kondwerani kufufuza m'masitolo akumbukira mumzinda kuti mupeze omwe akuyankhula nanu.