Winter Festival - India Guest in the Giant
Rain.Bow.Pearls

Swarovski Kristallwelten Wattens

After the very successful exhibitions of China, Australia, Island and Russia, it is now India, which opens its doors and offers the opportunity for a voyage to explore and uncover the unbelievable variety of culture, people, religion and artistic diversity. In this respect, the same attention and room has been dedicated to the traditional old India, as to the coexisting and actual status of this sub-continent, which is in the meantime home to a population of more than one billion people. Alongside traditional cultural heritage, regional dancing artistry, religious festivities and the mystical bells ritual, the everyday life of Indian people and the social aspects of it are raised. In addition, internationally renowned Indian artists present their contemporary works from the fields of painting, music, sculpture, video installation and film.

It is seemingly impossible to unify into one all of these contrasts and to extract a common denominator from this breathtaking variety. However it is possible, because all areas are aligned through evenly spread colour, symbolism and sensuality - but yet, all of them are multi-facetted and unique - just like a crystal.

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