Tuareg, nomads of the desert

The Cultural Centre of the Fundació "la Caixa", in the old Gran Hotel building in the Plaça Weyler in Palma, is housing from December 3, 2002 until January 26, 2003, the ethnographic exhibition "Tuareg. Nómadas del desierto", a trip round the ancient Tuareg culture via over 250 objects relating to the history, economy, daily life and artisan ware of these Ethnic Nomads. The majority of the pieces in the exhibition, commissioned by François Borel and Albert Costa, come from the Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel (Switzerland), except some from the Musée National de Mali.

Traditionally dedicated to trans-Sahara commerce and known as the blue men for the colour of their turbans, the Tuareg have suffered the establishment of frontiers between States becoming a sedentary people spread mainly between Algeria, Mali and Nigeria, resulting in progressive decadence.

Within the activities organised together with the exhibition, next Wednesday, December 4 at 7.30 p.m. there will be a conference followed by a debate with Gounar Abdoussamad, Tuareg, and Franóis Borel, commissioner of the exhibition.

More information:

Fundació "la Caixa"
Plaça de Weyler, 3
07001 Palma
Phone: 971 17 85 00
Fax: 971 72 21 20
e.mail: ccpalma.fundacio@lacaixa.es
http://fundacio.lacaixa.es

Times
From Tuesdays to Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mondays, closed

Free entry

Photo: front page of the leaflet edited by La Caixa.

Date of publication: 03/12/2002

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