Ristraya: Chimayo Red Chile Guardian

Ristraya: Chimayo Red Chile Guardian18" x 18" Archival Giclee Print La tierra sagrada de Tsimay gives us our hallowed fruit. Red chile, deep as dried blood, bright as flame. A covenant passed from seed to seed at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo. Carried in the hands of our abuelos. Dried beneath the same high desert sun. Ristraya guards that ritual. Holiness wrapped in ristra. Protector of chile. Keeper of flame. Inked on her right arm, El Santo Nio de Atocha. Heart of Chimay.

18" x 18" Archival Giclee Print
La tierra sagrada de Tsimayó gives us our hallowed fruit.
Red chile, deep as dried blood, bright as flame.
A covenant passed from seed to seed at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo.

Carried in the hands of our abuelos.
Dried beneath the same high desert sun.

Ristraya guards that ritual.
Holiness wrapped in ristra.
Protector of chile. Keeper of flame.

Inked on her right arm, El Santo Niño de Atocha.
Heart of Chimayó. Companion of pilgrims.

Imagined through long nights of videogames, D&D, and MTG
but rooted in this land.
In the people who plant, harvest, string, and pray.

Cosmic Desert rises from that mezcla.

Lowriders in procession.
Ristras like santos’ halos.
Tamales as alms.

Aquí lo sagrado se cultiva.

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