Friday, November 21, 2008

Carvings in the Rock

Once you get through the trash you come to these amazing carvings in the mountain, amphitheater, and cave church. The artist is Mario Debeesh from Poland. (He's the guy on the ladder in the picture.) He started his work in Garbage City (Maqaadi) in 1995, and we have no idea who, if anyone, has commissioned him to do this. He must be getting paid somehow. I honestly had no idea what we'd find in Garbage City, we'd just heard there were carvings near the church, so we really were amazed at the massive murals carved into the rock. I imagined some little scratchings on the side of a church.










1 comment:

Phyllis said...

Wow! I can't believe all that is in the same city as all the garbage! Hmmm. Kind of like life...? (Enter introspective tv music.)