To get to the “Chopcca Nativity” exhibit, you must pass through a block filled with the stench of feces and urine on the O’Donovan shred.
Evident damage to the sculptures that were blessed by Pope Francis. /Photo: Courtesy Juan Rojas de la Cruz
While the midday sun maximizes the stench of the place, we verify that the exhibition, which should be on from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., is closed and the sculptures can be seen from afar.
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Stinks are evident at the entrance to the exhibition of the popular nativity scene.
It is about the same birth that Christmas 2021 was blessed by Pope Francis and put Huancavelica in the eyes of the world, promising large numbers of tourists from the old continent, figures that were never given.
The cultural manager, Juan Rojas De la Cruz, exhibited damage to the sculptures on his Facebook account, which should be found in said exhibition, which generated a lot of indignation.
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“We entered the warehouse, the figures were stowed, broken, faded, they found out that I published the photos and to justify the presentation in an IPD environment, without sequentiality, that is unworthy, it was an investment of 1 million 600 thousand soles,” he said. Rojas De la Cruz.
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We talked with some construction craftsmen and they expressed their indignation at these damages, which for them are an insult to their talent.
Lizeth Girón, head of Dircetur, affirmed that the damage did not even reach 2% of the total number of sculptures and that the exhibition was highly visited by the population.
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Evident damage to sculptures exhibited in St. Peter’s Square, in Rome. /Photo: Courtesy Juan Rojas de la Cruz
Regarding the closing of the exhibition, he showed his surprise and confirmed that due to lack of budget there is only one guardian, the same one from the IPD Stadium, the same one that would not have left.
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Due to the same lack of budget, there is also no guide to explain the Christmas and cultural background of the sculptures, likewise, he said that there was no repair before exhibiting them and that there is only one guardian.
