Lalín is land of artists and Art lovers. It is obvious in its streets. A good way of crossing Lalin village is discovering its sculptures. Some of them have turned into symbols of the municipality, as the dedicated one to Loriga, the aviator, or the statue of the pork.
Some of them monumental, different and discreet another ones...figuratives or abstracts, all of them have a history behind...make up your mind and come to discover it!
Placed on a great round stone, we find this seated mother nursing his newborn child while his other son takes her for her right side, without leaving us to see his face.
The woman, with a long hair which she wears in a braid, seems to be thoughtful. Her clothing is very simple: clogs, long skirt and a shirt that proudly uncovers one of her generous bosom.
In this stone form, it is easy to recognize the figure of a Galician matriarch, so sober and strong like the stone. Generous and protective like in the Romulus and Remus history. Surely the master, trying to pay homage to all Galician mothers, thought of his own that he never got to know.
It should be noted that child, who is naked, has a pink skin thanks to one coloured grain of the granite.
(Translated text, from the original by Alicia Fernández Dapena)
