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Indians of the Rain Forest
New major exhibition at the National Museum, 3rd October 2009 – 28th February 2010
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The Hiwi, Hoti, and Panare Indians are among the indigenous groups who have lived in the rainforest region of the Orinoco River in southern Venezuela for thousands of years. The National Museum’s new exhibition, Indians of the Rain Forest, follows the Indians in the forest, on the rivers, and in the communal houses. Including hammocks, poison arrows, bat necklaces, and much more, these are installed along with large color photographs so as to create an immersive environment, in which visitors feel like participants rather than onlookers. Each of the exhibition’s three main sections – Household, Nature, and Transition – is meticulously designed so that visitors feel that they are actually in that environment.
And admission is free!
The World of the Indians
The rain Forest forms part of a cycle of growth and decay, and the course of life for the animals and humans who live there changes with the seasons. Indians of the Rain Forest tells the story of these peoples and their traditional way of life, which is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. We visit some of the groups who have survived by adapting to the conditions of nature: Now, however, they are being forced from their native lands as the rainforest disappears.
Enter the Rain Forest
Visitors to the exhibition move from settlement to settlement through the forest and along the river. They are surrounded by head-high, colorful photographs of the rain forest and its inhabitants, as well as almost 700 objects that have belonged to the Indians, including the shaman’s tools, necklaces made of animal teeth, blowpipes, and hammocks, among other objects.
Fundación Cisneros
The Colección Orinoco exhibition and education program are administered by the Fundación Cisneros. Founded by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros, the Fundación Cisneros is devoted to improving education throughout Latin America and fostering global awareness of Latin America’s heritage and its contributions to world culture.
Taste climate-friendly food
As a climate+ restaurant, Restaurant Julian at the National Museum tries to keep CO2 emissions to an absolute minimum by using quality raw materials from the Nordic countries: smoked Bornholm sausages, organic rye kernels from Skærtoft Mill and ham from Skagen.
Further information
About the exhibition: Exhibition Coordinator Dr. Inge R. Schjellerup, project senior researcher, +45 3347 3218, Inge.Schjellerup@natmus.dk
Press photos etc.: PR and Marketing Coordinator, Jesper T. Møller, +45 3347 3006, jtm@natmus.dk
For additional information or visual materials related to the Fundación Cisneros or the Colección Orinoco: Jeanne Collins & Associates LLC, New York City, 646-486-7050, or info@jcollinsassociates.com.
Indians of the Rainforest
Family exhibition, 3rd October 2009 - 28th February 2010
National Museum of Denmark
Ny Vestergade 10, Copenhagen
+45 3313 4411
www.natmus.dk
Free admission
The Exhibition
The exhibition was developed by the Museum of World Culture, in Gothenburg, Sweden, in coordination with the Århus-based firm of architects schmidt hammer lassen and the Fundación Cisneros. Originally called Sister of the Dream, it was seen at the Museum by 400,000 people between January 2005 and September 2008. The exhibition was mounted by the Swedish Museum of World Culture in collaboration with the Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen, Venezuelan anthropologist Lelia Delgado and the Fundación Cisneros.
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