15-03-2010, 08:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 15-03-2010, 08:28 PM by Ruben Mundaca.)
David Guyatt Wrote:Ruben, forgive me but I am always very cautious when the words "Spanish" and "Catholic Church" are used in the same sentence. I immediately begin to think of a certain priest named Escriva.
Are you familiar with him?
I know who he was. That doesen't means that catholic church have done evrythin wrong.
Many good and great people have worked for the catholic church (artists, scientists and specially, missioners who give their lives to deffend indigenous people). If you like movies, then I recommend you "The Mission". You can multiply that for hundred places.
Actually, in Bolivia exists a place called "Chiquitos", where the colonnial catholic priests tryed to create a "Civitas Dei", a city of God, a place without evil. They leaved awesome churchs and the "Chiquitanos", the indigenous people, still remember them whit great love.
Is the only place in Bolivia and maybe in the world (a live culture) where you can hear old european music still in latin language in the churchs, singed by a chorus of indigenous people who doesen't want to lose that link.
There is a large festival once at year (celebrated togheter with the orchid festival), where singers and orchestras of all over the world (europe, USA, latin america) come to sing that kind of music together with the indigenous, amazed to see a live indigenous culture who still sustain that kind of music and tradition, by their own means and iniciative. Beautiful and amazing.
You should come and see it for yourself, someday. Is one of the events that worth to see in my country.