"It Happened on a Full Autumn Moon ..."
About the magic of a bamboo flute, lovelorn cowherdesses and a cart that got stuck in the mud
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8 € |
Bitte buchen Sie Ihr Ticket vorab online oder an der Kasse im Foyer. |
monatlich am ersten Mittwoch im Ethnologischen Museum, am ersten Donnerstag im Museum für Asiatische Kunst |
Termine und Ticketbuchung für den kommenden Monat werden jeweils zum Ende des Vormonats freigeschaltet. |
Duration: 60 min |
German |
3rd floor |
max. 10 persons |
In this guided tour with Martina Stoye from the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, we delve into the sensuous, detailed imagery of a temple wall hanging for Sharad Purnima, the festival of the full autumn moon. These temple wall hangings are large fabric paintings used in the palatial temples of the Indian Vallabhacharyas as decoration during festivals. They celebrate the young Shrinathji, a form of the Hindu god Krishna. The depictions focus on his deeds in idyllic pastoral surroundings.
The depictions focus on the god’s deeds in idyllic pastoral surroundings: his boyish pranks, his heroic deeds performed at a tender age, and his dalliances – which verge on the erotic – with his ardent devotees, the cowherd maidens.
Martina Stoye guides us through the Museum für Asiatische Kunst with the curator’s particular view.