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In the spriver regions of Borneo, baby carriers like this one protect infants from harmful influences, which are repelled by the noise of the hanging teeth and tassels The decorative design attracts the baby’s soul encouraging it to stay close- Horniman Museum London
Across the Mediterranean, rural communities use public performances to banish winter and summon the arrival of spring. Every January in the inland Sardinian village of Mismoiada, people go out onto the streets for an ancient festival.
These costumes show male characters called mamuthones and issohadores, who parade through the village as a group. Mamuthones walk slowly carrying their heavy loads. Issohadores gracefully throw lassos into the watching crowds in the hope of catching women. If they’re successful, this is a good omen and a symbol of fertility that ensures a fruitful year to- Horniman Museum London.
MUSEE SOULAGES
Architects : RCR Arquitectes+Pesselac & Roques Architectes
Photographers : Célia Belisle Fabre+Kevin Dolmaire+Patrice Thebault + Pep Sau + Cedric Meravilles
Location: Rodez, France
Project Complete: 2014
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Treasures from the Museum Carnavalet. Paris
@museecarnavalet #marieantoinetteshoes #marieantoibettehair #paris #parisinteriors #marieantoinette #marieantoinetteparis #shoes #garden #secretparis #18thcentury #18thcenturyinterior #18thcenturyfashion #fashion #portrait #mariaantonietta #parigi #rococo #museum #museumparis (presso Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris)
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“A deft, serious achievement, a signal contribution to downtown and the city’s changing cultural landscape.” —The New York Times in today’s cover story on the new Whitney.
I’m surrounded by art, but you’re the most beautiful of them all.
Is this the future or the past? #dystopian #fictionorreallity #pastpresentorfuture #weliveinbetween #ifweliveatall #decay #graffiti #nature #planetarium #museum #modernarchitecture #fromthepast #plovdiv (at Регионален природонаучен музей Пловдив)
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