Thursday, March 17, 2011

Museum

We went to a museum in an restored residency of an old maharaja yesterday. Highlights of the museum (meant to show the daily life when the residency was in use) included:
-a room filled with hundreds of colourful marionettes
-the worlds largest turban in a glass case, as well at least 3 dozen different types of turbans
-a replica of the Statue of Liberty (although I thought it was supposed to be a woman...)
-a replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa (although I thought the tower was supposed to be leaning, not just the description plate...)
-a traditional kitchen setup (with drums on the counter)
-a room in which shoe removal was mandatory, as there was a shrine (as well as partition storage and rubbish collection)
-a man herding flower petals with a hose
-a collection of modern(ish) art with no indications of the artist, date, or medium on anything
-pictures of local officials
-pictures of the restoration (of a different building)
along with many other gems. The randomness was awesome.

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