Christmas in El Salvador Pinewood retablo _artisan--novica-artisan-9388 are often used to serve

are often used to serve fresh fruit punch or draft beer

this stunning cardigan from Peru is created by Ana Fernandez

free-form pattern in a celebration of freedom

A marquise-cut eye of blue topaz captures you in its lucid gaze in this pretty ring from India's Neetu Barathi

arranged in an almost diamond-shaped array

Christmas in El Salvador Pinewood retablo _artisan--novica-artisan-9388 are often used to serveThis brilliant retablo celebrates the nativity in a Central American setting. Accompanied by a cow and a donkey, Mary and Joseph receive the newborn Christ child. Birds, butterflies, a lamb and an armadillo celebrate beneath the sun of El Salvador. A fusion of religious belief and daily life, this diorama by Maria Estela Perlera de Portillo is a manifestation of folk art and faith. It is designed to display on a table or on the wall. materials: