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Part of the exhibitiona that represents the shamanic conseption of the Universe |
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National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul, the capital of South Korea |
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National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul, the capital of South Korea |
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Section “Siberian shaman’s paraphernalia” |
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Section “Siberian shaman’s conceptions of the Universe” |
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Mediator between Heaven and Earth
An exhibition "Mediator between Heaven and Earth - Shaman" is open on the 29th of November, 2011 in the National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul. On display are above 500 ethnographic objects illustrating shamanism of the peoples of Siberia, the Koreans, the Nepalese and the Ainu peoples from the collections of the Russian Museum of Ethnography and the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) in St. Petersburg as well as from the museums of Korea, Japan, Denmark and Nepal
The central place at the exhibition in the section of the Russian Museum of Ethnography is occupied by an exclusive set of items from the shaman's tent chum, acquired by the museum's staff member A.A. Makarenko from the Evenks in the region of the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in 1907-1908. This set includes the chum with covers made of treated reindeer skin and birch bark; the clothing of the Evenk shaman Dokholokto, his drum and other attributes, as well as the figures of helper spirits who assisted the shaman during his "travel" through the world of the Universe. The important part of the exhibition from the collection of the RME are an Altaian, Evenk and Manegr drums with representation of the Universe, the clothing of a Manegr woman shaman, as well as of the Yakut, Evenk and Udege shamans and the Buryat shaman Damba. Presented at the exhibition are also the drawings of the Nanai female shaman which depict mythological picture of the world and the process of her being given the shaman's gift by the god. Symbolic articles and attributes at the exhibition reveal the ideas of the world and sacred area of the Universe spread among the peoples of Siberia, the Koreans, the Nepalese and the Ainu peoples, and demonstrate the phenomenon of the intermediary role of a shaman between people and the realm of spirits.
At the opening ceremony of the exhibition and during several days after its opening the Nepal shaman Birkha Bakhadur and his assistants carried out ritual s?ances kamlanie in the National Folk Museum of Korea that attracted much attention not only of Korean shamans, but also of many visitors.
The exhibition is accompanied with unique historical photographs, multimedia program designed for a wide range of visitors, as well as with booklets and the exhibition catalogue.
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