The other day, I went to see a gigantic Nativity scene with my friend Emil. Actually, it's lots more than a Nativity scene, it has clay depictions of the stories of the Old Testament, and up until part way through Jesus' life. Then, there's also another scene that is a gigantic Honduran village. It is so detailed! I would have thought it would have like a little market, houses, a church, etc. But it also included the traditional things about Honduran culture that I never knew about. For example, it had a "Duende" - a midget that robs and tricks kids, the Honduran small-town version of the Ghost of Sleepy Hollow, parades with strange characters, and other things that are mildly disturbing. Emil explained each of the things to me, so I got to know a lot more about Honduran culture than before.
The Nativity/Bible scenes were amazingly detailed too. The first picture is of Noah and the Ark, there was on the wall behind it lightning flashing, and they had rain coming down on it too.
The next picture is of Jerusalem in the time of Jesus' birth. This is not just your average Nativity set!
Here's me with the Honduran village scene.
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