This is the Pachamama, the Mother Earth.
I acquired this from a native person in Argentina
when I studied there in the summer of 2002.
It is made out of seed pods and other natural materials.
I have it hanging in my office at St. Mary parish.
For the many of the native people of South America,
the Pachamama represents their mother just as the
Virgin Mary does for us Catholics.
Flowers that members of the Hispanic community brought
in order to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary on August 15, 2011.
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