Namibian exhibition explores cultural heritage of repatriated art

STORY: Namibian exhibition explores cultural heritage of repatriated art SHOOTING TIME: April 11, 2024 DATELINE: April 13, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:19 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the art exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE (English): NDEENDA SHIVUTE-NAKAPUNDA, Chief curator at National Art Gallery of Namibia 3. various of the art exhibition STORYLINE: Namibia opened an exhibition in the Namibian capital of Windhoek Thursday evening dedicated to exploring the cultural customs and identity of the country's looted art to retrieve its heritage. The exhibition, themed "Artistic Research Communal Knowledge (ARCK): Reconnecting with Returned Cultural Belongings," features 23 cultural and historical belongings that were returned from the Ethnological Museum, a public institution dedicated to ethnology and culture in Berlin, Germany, to Namibia in May 2022. The artifacts, including milk gourds, calabash, woven baskets, and traditional wooden cups, will be displayed at the National Art Gallery

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-CULTURAL HERITAGE-ART-EXHIBITION

(240412) -- WINDHOEK, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors view exhibits at an exhibition themed "Artistic Research Communal Knowledge (ARCK): Reconnecting with Returned Cultural Belongings" in Windhoek, Namibia, on April 11, 2024. Namibia opened the exhibition here Thursday evening dedicated to exploring the cultural customs and identity of the country's looted art to retrieve its heritage. (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua)

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-CULTURAL HERITAGE-ART-EXHIBITION

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-CULTURAL HERITAGE-ART-EXHIBITION

(240412) -- WINDHOEK, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors view exhibits at an exhibition themed "Artistic Research Communal Knowledge (ARCK): Reconnecting with Returned Cultural Belongings" in Windhoek, Namibia, on April 11, 2024. Namibia opened the exhibition here Thursday evening dedicated to exploring the cultural customs and identity of the country's looted art to retrieve its heritage. (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua)