Stations of the Cross: Kenya

	Stations of the Cross: Kenya The links to the left will take you to images of Stations of the Cross. These stations were painted by artists from Turkana, Kenya around 1995 and are housed in Lodwar Cathedral in Kenya. The stations reflect the life and environment of the Turkana people. Faces, dress and places are authentically Turkana. Soldiers are Kenyan, not Roman. Pilate wears the traditional dress of a Turkana chief and the cross is a rough piece of a local tree. Lodwar's shops and houses are the background in many of the stations. The Turkana are a people who suffer a lot, from diseases, sickness, insecurity and hunger and have been left behind in Kenya's struggle for development. When they saw a Jesus who looks like them suffering and being crucified in their own locality they were able to identify very closely with him. For more about the art, visit: www.wischik.com/irene/cross/ The prayers with the stations are from: www.oremus.org/labarum/mainbooks.htm

The links to the left will take you to images of Stations of the Cross. These stations were painted by artists from Turkana, Kenya around 1995 and are housed in Lodwar Cathedral in Kenya.

The stations reflect the life and environment of the Turkana people. Faces, dress and places are authentically Turkana. Soldiers are Kenyan, not Roman. Pilate wears the traditional dress of a Turkana chief and the cross is a rough piece of a local tree. Lodwar's shops and houses are the background in many of the stations.

The Turkana are a people who suffer a lot, from diseases, sickness, insecurity and hunger and have been left behind in Kenya's struggle for development. When they saw a Jesus who looks like them suffering and being crucified in their own locality they were able to identify very closely with him.

For more about the art, visit:
www.wischik.com/irene/cross/
The prayers with the stations are from:
www.oremus.org/labarum/mainbooks.htm