SANTA CATARINA, Brazil – The statue of Jesus Christ overlooks the city of Balneário Camboriú, with one arm outstretched, welcoming visitors from near and far, and the other carrying a symbol of the sun. The statue’s recent lighting installation uses just six SGM P-5 LED wash lights to shines a different color each night to symbolize peace, love, health, faith, happiness, nature and energy.
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SANTA CATARINA, Brazil – In Southern Brazil, on the coast of Santa Catarina, sits one of the world’s largest Art Deco statues. At the top of Morro de la Cruz (Hill of the Cross), the statue of Jesus Christ stands overlooking the city of Balneário Camboriú, with one arm outstretched, welcoming visitors from near and far, and the other carrying a symbol of the sun.
Measuring 33 meters (108 ft) high (including the pedestal) and 22 meters (72 ft) wide (from fingertip to fingertip), the task of lighting this majestic tourist attraction at first seemed less than straightforward.
However, when Mario Luiz Pretto of Cristo Luz (Christ Light) contacted SGM’s Brazilian distributor, João Alonso of LBO Lighting Comercio e Importação e Exportação Ltda, requesting a more powerful lighting output than the former installation could provide, João Alonso proposed the SGM P-5 wash light featuring 44 high power 10W RGBW LEDs per unit. This proposal immediately caught Pretto’s attention and was subsequently specified as the new, revitalizing light source for the Christ Light.
The fixed installation has brought out features of the significant landmark, which transfixes the numerous visitors. Every night, people strolling around the central area of Balneário Camboriú can look up and enjoy the multicolored light of the monument, which has become an attraction unlike any other in Brazil.
This lighting installation, which daily illuminates the grand statue after dark (December to March from 8 pm, and April to November from 7pm), is rendered possible by the use of just six powerful and bright P-5 LED wash lights. The RGBW LED source creates beautiful symbolism, as each day of the week is represented by a different predominant color for the statue, which is generally known worldwide as a symbol of peace.
On Sunday, the predominant color is white, symbolizing peace and faith. On Monday, the color is yellow, representing peace and energy. On Tuesday, the color is green for peace and nature, while Wednesday is blue for peace and health. On Thursday, the color lilac signifies peace and reflection and on Friday the color red stands for peace and love. Finally, on Saturday the rose color symbolizes peace and happiness.
As the weeks fly by, with multiple colors lighting up Christ Light for the visitors of Santa Catarina, SGM reflects with pride on having taken a key role is this color extravaganza.
