 They are also a defense of Indigenous culture and values in the face of the modernization and the penetration of their culture by that of the white Hispanic elites of Lima.The tradition of making "cajones sanmarcos" or "retablos" is very strong in the mountainous Peruvian region around the city of Ayacucho.In recent years the political violence and the fighting between the Peruvian Army and the Marxist "Sendero Luminoso" (“Shining Path”) "guerrillas" around Ayacucho has forced many peasant families in the area to migrate to the capital city of Lima, where they make and sell their crafts commercially.