Showing posts with label Burma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burma. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Paris - World Tour of Tribal Artifacts 7th to 11th Sep 2011


A fair of non-western art and craft will be held from the 7th to the 11th of September 2011 in Paris.   Among others, it will display fourth-century gold rings of the Pyu culture of Myanmar at Paris's Galerie Cédric le Dauphin.  Displays from New Zealand, China and Africa will also be part of this fair.

Read more at this Le Salon International Des Arts Premiers page and at this Artinfo page.


To get an idea of what you can see at this Paris fair, this video by newguineaart presents the Tribal Art Show held in Amsterdam in 2010.



Monday, September 5, 2011

Mist Shrouded Pagodas of Bagan

This is an excellent video (made by Arie van Houwelingen) showing the pagodas of Bagan at sunrise complete with the mystical aura from the mists. Notice the gold domes and the simple clothes and lifestyle of the people.