Tradition as love, magic and ceremony

In collaboration with the Australian Embassy in Belgrade and H.E. Ambassador Julia Feeney, Ethno Network is a guest at the exhibition “Yilpinji : Love, Magic and ceremony” that was open at the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade. The exhibition includes the works of Aboriginal art from Central and Western Australia that speak of love and yilpinji, love magic. The exhibition comes to Belgrade from Zagreb, while the display of Ethno Network presents the magic of double-knit socks , hand-woven belts and weaving patterns.

Australian Ambassador to Serbia Julia Feeney said at the opening that since the first Aboriginal people who lived in Australia, they have a rich tradition that is still present and is actually related to their dreaming. Acts represent love and magic and ceremony of love that involves painting the human or making talismans, special “love objects”. These rites of men and women are still performed separately in order to attract the object of your love and very often these works tell stories about a forbidden love, told the Ambassador.

In respect of Aboriginal art and traditions, the exhibition organizer Embassy of Australia invited Ethno Network to participate as guests of the exhibition to present handicrafts from Serbia and what is traditionally Serbian crafts.

President of Ethno Network Violeta Jovanovic told that the idea of ​​parallel exhibitions is to present comparable traditions of Australia and Serbia . “For this exhibition we have selected some items that represent the magic and love that is necessary to preserve traditions and make these items by hand that make us all different and authentic and know no boundaries because the beauty of these products is always recognized and felt”.

Ethnic music group “Cudesmo” performed the music program to augment the magic of these traditional works of love.

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