The Adaptation and Re-Adaptation of a Folk Art Form: The Creation and Use of Retablos in the Andes
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European missionaries introduced portable Catholic religious shrines, or retablos, to the New World in the 16th century. As the native peoples in the Andes began incorporating aspects of Catholicism into their religious practices, small cottage industries were developed to produce portable altars for Andean ritual use. In the mid-20th century, art dealers encouraged some of the workshops in the town of Ayacucho, Peru to replace the religious imagery inside the shrines with scenes of Andean festivals and daily life. This new folk art form, also called a retablo, was instantly successful with outside collectors and it continues to evolve today.
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