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An easter treat: Catholic kitsch from around Indonesia

Pater Bernadus Bode, served in Lamalera, 1920-1951

Pater Bernadus Bode, served in Lamalera, 1920-1951

There are just seven million Catholics in Indonesia — a drop in a mainly Moslem ocean. Yet they have managed to make their mark aesthetically, with an astoundingly wide variety of statues, murals, graveyards and churches that range between Kitsch and High Kitsch.

In celebration of Easter, I offer this slideshow of some of my favourites:

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