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The Lord of Miracles, Christ of Pacha stretcher Purple Christ, Christ Wonderland, Moreno Christ or Lord of the Earthquakes is a picture of Christ on the cross painted on an adobe wall located in themain altar of the Shrine of The Nazarene Lima (Peru) and venerated by Peruvians and foreigners in Peru and around the world, who is considered miraculous. His procession is a distinctly Peruviantradition, considered the regular Catholic religious manifestation of the world largest. It was painted by an Angolan slave caste called Peter Falcon, according to Raul Porras Barrenechea. Christ is calledMoreno because, among its believers, black people predominated. It could be related, says the historian Maria Rostworowski with ancient worship the god Pachacamac.
The arrival of thousands ofcharacters attracted by the news of prosperity and wealth. Because the slave traders, an important part of these immigrants came from the Atlantic coast of Áfricaoccidental, which were classified by caste:howler, Mandingo, caravelíes, tripe, Mozambiques, terranovos, mines and Angolans. Approximately 10,000 inhabitants of Lima were organized so that built their rude huts or alleys divided fans, ie theBantu or Kimbundu, sang old songs from their homelands since they came from West Africa. They also took care of their sick and worried that everyone had a decent burial, by small fees brothers.According to Jean Pierre Tardieu angolas slaves were the largest group among the black slaves, however, were not highly valued, ie slaves were among the cheapest, usually because they were consideredcowardly, sickly and little prone to Christianization. In the latter disagrees Armando Nieto historian who believes that rather they were the easiest to Christianization. According to Jean Pierre TardieuJesuits published in 1629 the Castilian translation of the book published in Portugal sentences with Angolan language sentences lusitano Matthew Cardoso SJ Jesuit, and the Father General of the Jesuits...