Dresden/Zeithain (dpa/sn) - In the Zeithain correctional facility (JVA) inmates created a manger for the Christmas service during the corona pandemic. Your figurative representation of the Christmas story is a special exhibit of the traditional show "Christmas in the Jägerhof" in the Museum for Saxon Folk Art in Dresden and can therefore be seen outside the prison for the first time from the first Advent, as the JVA announced on Wednesday. The ensemble of figures was created under the guidance of an art therapist and a pastor in the creative center of the institution. According to the information, the idea of exhibiting "this special piece of folk art" came about during a visit by museum director Kathi Loch in the summer.
The show in the Museum of the State Art Collections will once again be presenting handicrafts and festively decorated Christmas trees until January 8, 2023. Magnificent chandeliers from the Ore Mountains bear witness to one aspect of the regional Advent culture. According to the announcement, the presentation "Of spiders, angels and the light of the world" "follows its way from the noble palaces to the living rooms and brings together the most beautiful specimens from the collection".
