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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Instead of a manger in Bethlehem, Jesus will arrive this Christmas in a badly burned clearing in the Amazon rainforest, a black baby born to a black virgin with indigenous cherubs looking on.<\/p>\n

The symbolically charged nativity scene is already turning heads in Rio de Janeiro’s Gloria square, where the nearby Church of the Sacred Heart has a history of using its annual Christmas display to address contemporary issues.<\/p>\n

There was a lot to choose from in 2020, but the church picked two topics that have become particularly pertinent in Brazil since far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took office last year: racism and rampant deforestation in the Amazon.<\/p>\n

“This nativity scene is meant to show that people who torch mother nature, people who attack their brothers and sisters because their skin is a different color, don’t have God in their hearts,” said church spokesman Mauricio Rodrigues dos Santos, 63.<\/p>\n

The church has been making mangers with a message for the past decade, taking advantage of its prime location near Gloria square, a busy metro stop in front of the Rio archdiocese headquarters.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, the church depicted a bare-breasted Mary nursing her baby, after a series of incidents in which authorities stopped mothers from breast-feeding in public.<\/p>\n

The year before, vandals trashed the church’s nativity scene, which depicted the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n

Last year, priest Wanderson Guedes, who is also the artist behind the installations, decided against doing a nativity scene on Amazon deforestation after receiving threats.<\/p>\n

However, the church — which constructs the scenes itself using volunteer labor and members’ donations — decided to press ahead this year, and add an anti-racism message, as well.<\/p>\n

They are salient subjects in Bolsonaro’s Brazil.<\/p>\n

The far-right leader has presided over a surge of destruction and fires in the world’s biggest rainforest.<\/p>\n

He has also been charged with hate speech for making derogatory comments about black Brazilians.<\/p>\n

Despite the tense political climate, Dos Santos said the church community was not fearful for this year’s nativity scene.<\/p>\n

“If (vandals) break something, so be it. We have a whole year to rebuild,” he told AFP.<\/p>\n

“They can’t break the idea. They can’t break the spirit. That will remain.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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