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Diego Moreno – Guardians of Memory

Diego Moreno Guardians of Memory “His truth shall be thy shield and buckler… A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Ps. 91:4,7…

via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2017/02/diego-moreno-guardians-of-memory/

This series originated with “Los Panzudos Mercedarios”, the stout guardians of the neighborhood of La Merced in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, México. The Panzudos represent the sins: the more sins a person has to expiate, the bigger and uglier his attire will be, the better to cure his sins