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Jul/5/2007 Event in PARIS
from the
3 /
14 /
2007 to the
8 /
26 /
2007
China Masks, magical ritual of Nuo
Magical world of Chinese culture through ritual Nuo masks
This new exhibition at the Jacquemart Andre Museum takes us on a discovery of the magical world of Chinese culture through ritual Nuo masks. The word “Nuo”, which means “expelling demons from the house”, is associated with ritual ceremonies carried out in all of China’s provinces. With one hundred antique masks originating from the most beautiful private collections, dating from the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries, the visitor is invited to discover the mysterious world of Chinese religious rites.
The Jacquemart Andre Museum has once again put together an astonishing exhibition; the originality of the theme and the artistic quality of the masks will certainly provide for a rewarding visit. The exhibition therefore gives the public the chance to find out about the magic of Chinese culture through the masks used in Nuo rites.
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Paris hosts 180 museums and sights open to the public, mostly from 10am to 6pm. Some propose a late opening on one day. National museums are closed on Tuesdays, except Versailles and Orsay closed on Monday.
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Bastille Quarter & Bastille Opera
Landmark of the French Revolution better known
today as a hip district hosting the new opéra.
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Place des Vosges/Le Marais
A famous early 17th century
square with some of the most beautiful parisian apartments
in the middle of a middle-age district.
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Saint Sulpice Church
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Montparnasse
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Latin Quarter - Saint Germain des Pres
The "Intellectual" and new fashion district !
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Notre Dame
The major french
religious building, masterpiece of gothic architecture.
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Eiffel Tower
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Gustave Eiffel gave the French flag a 300 m (984 ft.) pole
to commemorate the revolution centenary.
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Arc de Triomphe
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of Napoléon's Great Army at the top of the Champs-Elysées.
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Champs Elysees
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La Concorde
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of reconciliation after the revolution displays the 3000
years old Luxor's obelisk.
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La Madeleine
Neo-Greek temple ordered by
Napoleon in homage to its Great Army, today a rich catholic
parish.
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Invalides
The major dome of Paris hosting
Napoleon's ashes is part of a majestic hospital ordered
by the Sun-king.
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Opera
Two
operas : the original one built by Garnier in 1875 &
Opera Bastille from 1989.
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La Defense
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business district erected outside the western city-limits
of Paris was recently enriched by the spectacular Grande
Arche.
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Disneyland Paris
The first leisure/theme park
of Europe.
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Versailles
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is half an hour by train from Paris.
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