The message of the earth speaks of life and life's origin. For the Indian artisan the many details of the human or animal body are not important as long as they express loud and clear the message of the earth. Most Indians have accepted the Christian religion as an addition to their own pre-Christian way of life. For this reason, the visitor will have to look at these nativity sets from two different vantage points. The Christian perspective is represented in the scene as such and its traditional characters.
Indian culture is present in the finer details of decorative motifs and other traditional elements.
Like Home One of the very human lessons of Christmas is about the importance of home. In the Incarnation, God made his home among us. He made thus an indirect but clear statement about the right to home and country, citizenship and social security. But if there is no place like home, it is equally true that home is first and foremost where they take you in. The latter was Christ's first and own experience.