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The Pale Blue Dot:
The Black Christ

November 21, 2021

Vlog travel channel “The Pale Blue Dot” hosted by photographer and videographer Azeem Sahu Khan visits the Jean Charlot fresco “The Black Christ” (1962) at St. Francis Xavier Church in Naiserelagi, Province of Ra, Fiji.

Video Description:
How is it that a fresco that has been described as the most important in the Pacific, was so revolutionary for its time, is so humane, and remains as relevant in its message today as when it was created in 1961/62, ends up in a church in a part of Fiji so off the beaten track, so out of the way yet utterly beautiful, that visiting it is part of the experience? How does it connect the musical 'The Sound of Music' with an artist who was at the very heart of the Mexican Renaissance in the 1920s? Find out here. I visit the church of St.Francis Xavier in Navunibitu or Naiserelagi, Ra, Fiji.

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