The world turned upside down
Mons 2015
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Exhibition
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Traditional / folk festival
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Fashion and design
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Museums
at Binche
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The world turned upside down is a journey into the imaginative world
For thirty years, all over the world, carnivals have been making a major comeback
Everywhere, rural masquerades and urban parades are being reborn and reinvented. The world turned upside down is a journey into the imaginative world of the carnival and a reflection on what it has to tell us about ourselves and contemporary societies. Along the way, the visitor discovers the masked rituals of European and the Mediterranean:...The world turned upside down is a journey into the imaginative world
For thirty years, all over the world, carnivals have been making a major comeback
Everywhere, rural masquerades and urban parades are being reborn and reinvented. The world turned upside down is a journey into the imaginative world of the carnival and a reflection on what it has to tell us about ourselves and contemporary societies. Along the way, the visitor discovers the masked rituals of European and the Mediterranean: urban parades, some of them linked to the liturgical calendar, old, new or revisited; carnivals exported from Europe to the former colonies, Creolised, Africanised, and returning today to revitalise European carnivals. A look is also taken at the masked rituals of the Muslim and Jewish worlds.
A new look and a fresh perspective, taking into account both the rural and urban, historical and contemporary side of traditional masquerades.A joint production of the Mons 2015 Foundation, the International Carnival and Mask Museum (MuM, Binche) and the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM, Marseilles).
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Rates
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Standard rate - adult full priceFrom 7 € to 8 €
