The Mysteries of the Cross is the name of the temporary exhibition proposed by the Museum of Sacred Art (Manuel Domínguez corner Paraguarí). It is open to the public from 9am to 6pm every day, including Easter. The exhibition ends on Sunday 9 April. Entrance: 25,000. Free entry for children and students.
“This is an opportunity to reconnect with our historical roots and our favorite Paraguayan traditions by planning a family visit to the museum this Holy Week,” said curator Luis Lataza, director of the Museum of Sacred Arts.
During Holy Week, when Christians commemorate the Passion of Christ (Entry into Jerusalem, Last Supper, Stations of the Cross, Death and Resurrection of Jesus), art is added to experience it.
This temporary thematic exhibition brings together wooden sculptures from the permanent Hispano-Guarani collection, as well as ancient ivory and silver crosses and crosses from the European, Andean and Paraguayan realms of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
The pieces belong to the private collection of Nicolás Latourrette Bo and are in many cases being shown to the public for the first time.
The exhibition aims to answer many questions, such as: The cross is currently the most universal and recognizable religious symbol, but why was it not represented in the first 200 years of Christianity?
Like Jesus of Nazareth, thousands of people were crucified, but which are truly Christian saints?
There are more than 50 types of crosses, but what is the original shape of the cross of Jesus Christ, are there Guarani crosses, why are Paraguayan crosses usually painted green?
“Every museum must contextualize and explain its collection. There are misinterpretations about the meaning, origin and even use of the cross that need clarification, even the most obvious ones,” explains Lataza.
Our Christian Paraguayan culture accepts many things as they are, but sometimes they are not said fully.
The starting point of the museum is: “You cannot appreciate or want what you do not understand. That is why we do these thematic exhibitions,” Lataza emphasized.
Source: Ultimahora
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