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Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea
   Saturday, December 26, 2009  to Sunday, June 06, 2010
Location: Bowers Museum 
2002 N. Main St. 
Santa Ana, CA 92706
 
Hours: Tues - Sun: 10AM - 4PM
Public Information Phone: 714/567.3600
Admission: $9 - $12
Category:
Culture & History
Visual Arts & Exhibits
 
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A stunning presentation of the intricate and mysterious cultures that inhabit the island of New Guinea, home to over one thousand aboriginal tribes and unique languages. Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea features 40 black-and-white photographs by acclaimed documentary photographer Chris Rainier, known for his revealing images of earth’s last wilderness areas and the isolated indigenous peoples who live there. Explore the lives, masked ceremonies, crocodile cults, rites of passage, adornment, celebrations and rituals rarely documented in the West. Journey into this vanishing world where masks still dance.
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