Pacific Voices: Keeping Our Cultures Alive

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The groundbreaking “Pacific Voices” exhibit grew out of a five-year collaborative process that brought together members of Washington State’s diverse Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native American communities. The exhibition became a vehicle for the expression of numerous voices exploring sources of cultural identity: objects, rituals, ceremonies, and traditions that both anchor and showcase the ways of life of Pacific Rim communities.

Each of the seventeen chapters highlights a unique cultural object: Rose Dang and Thuy Vu see the Vietnamese incense burner as a vehicle for carrying prayers; ‘Iwalani Christian calls the Hawaiian pahu “the voice of the gods”; the Reverend Dean Koyama describes the Japanese obutsudan as an altar for remembering family members; and Vi Hilbert presents the Coast Salish river canoe as “a spot to be informed patience.” Every vibrant narrative is accompanied by colorful photographs and illustrations, and helpful sidebars provide historical and contextual information. Taken together, the stories in Pacific Voices provide a fresh viewpoint at the multicultural world during which we are living, as well asvaluable insights into the diverse cultures of the Pacific Rim.

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http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/exhibits/details.php?ID=6&type=current

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