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Giant Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood with message of peace
The 16-foot statue tours communities affected by drug violence, blending Catholic and Indigenous traditions to promote peace, organizers said.
- This week the 16-foot Baby Jesus statue tours central Mexico, promoting peace with prayers and offerings in neighborhoods facing crime challenges like Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood.
- Inspired by smaller Candlemas Baby Jesus figures, Gómez and his brother built the 2013 statue, drawing from cherished Mexican Catholic traditions.
- Resembling a newborn, the figure is made from a steel frame, polyurethane foam, resin reinforced with fiberglass, and weighs about half a ton.
- After arriving in Tepito on Monday night dozens of residents gathered as music and prayers filled the street and neighbors shared atole.
- Visiting Puebla, Tlaxcala and Jalisco, the statue faced visits complicated by insecurity while locals dressed it in Huichol-inspired textiles to reclaim ancestral traditions on Tuesday.
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Giant Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood with message of peace
A 16-foot (5-meter) Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood as part of a traveling project that brings the religious image to communities across the capital and nearby cities in central Mexico.
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