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The stories ends with the man being disappointed with polluted, dark Lima.
How are the stories used in schools and for the public? 
These are used as real stories for children to learn from. 
The owl is a symbol of good luck.
Where do they get their colors from? For painting the gourd. They burn and tan their gourds for color.
It requires a lot of skill to carve designs, and the designs can vary from traditional to contemporary or commercial.

Denis is sharing what her grandfather and father taught her. It's important to maintain her art. Her grandfather suffered greatly to get where he was artistically. There is a stigma accompanying ceramics. She has had to work against it. They use natural clays and pigments, ochres and slips. Before today, these pieces weren't sold but only swapped/traded. Most are utilitarian and then some ceremonial.
Stories behind objects is intriguing: the chesmosas (the gossips) are ritually crying. "Harawee" is done during funerals and ceremonies to express emotions.
The toritos (little bulls) are symbols of protection. Put on the top of the house. Installed on each side of a church too. Protects from negative influence. Bulls represents fertility. Quechuan culture for Pachamama is profoundly important. Bulls open the earth too during farming.
Crosses are in the style too.
Many think the ceramic colors are new. They're actually very old. Pampa de quinoa pigments are the same as what Denis uses; very old young ceramicists don't like old pigments because keeping them stored and going out to find the colors is harder. Finding colors is like gold mining; it requires [strikethrough] time and patience.
Marriage bowl also has a story. Urpi plate symbolizes
Many traditions are being lost in Peru; people don't [[strikethrough]]sell [[/strikethrough]] make their own wedding dishes,
Alfredo is an artisan with a lineage going back 200 years. He makes masks, painted houses, etc. He's interested in manufacturing practices in Peru. He also does dolls. Traditional Peruvian art is well-documented. New styles of representation: nativity, ceremonial, and festive scenes are put inside the square box format. Caliors [[?]] des San Marcos has saints in the top scene. All saints of animals inside.
First level represents bad behavior
The box is a spiritually important part of the household.
So much good luck surrounds this object.

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