Sinners depicted along the lower register receive an array of bodily tortures; the souls in heaven, by contrast, surround the ascended Christ in an orderly formation.
Location City: Cusco
Corpus Christi processions celebrate Christ as victor and allude to the triumph of Christianity over paganism.
Parish of San Sebastián, Procession of Corpus ...
It has been argued that Cusco was laid out in the shape of a puma, symbolizing Inka might.
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