Native Americans Explore the Life and Art of Their AncestorsNativeAmericansExploretheLifeandArtofTheirAncestorsTheNationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndianinWashington,D.C.isofferinganewexhibitforitsvisitors.ItshowstheartandcultureofthepeoplewholiveontheNorthwestcoastoftheUnitedStatesandCanada.BarbaraKleintellsusaboutit.Detail...
NativeAmericansExploretheLifeandArtofTheirAncestorsTheNationalMuseumoftheAmericanIndianinWashington,D.C.isofferinganewexhibitforitsvisitors.ItshowstheartandcultureofthepeoplewholiveontheNorthwestcoastoftheUnitedStatesandCanada.BarbaraKleintellsusaboutit.DetailofaceremonialmaskofNorthwestIndiansfromabout1900(PhotobyNMAIPhotoServices)Theexhibitiscalled“ListeningToOurAncestors:TheArtofNativeLifealongtheNorthPacificCoast.”Itincludesmorethanfourhundredobjectsfromthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.NativepeopleusedtheobjectsintheAmericanstatesofWashingtonandAlaskaandBritishColumbiainCanada.Theyusedtheobjectsineverydaylifeandforspecialceremonies.RepresentativesfromelevenNativegroupsworkedwithmuseumofficialstocreatetheexhibit.TheNativegroupsincludetheCoastSalish,Makah,HaidaandTlingit.Therepresentativeshelpeddecidewhichobjectswouldbedisplayedandhowtheywouldbepresented.PartoftheCoastSalishdisplayfromWashingtonStateincludesacarvedwoodenboatcalledadugout.TheHaidagrouplivesinBritishColumbiaandAlaska.Itsdisplayincludesjewelrymadefromwhalebone.TheHeiltsukgroupalsolivesinBritishColumbia.Itsdisplayincludesbeautifullypaintedmasksthatcovertheface.Thegrouprepresentativesalsoprovidedimportantinformationabouttheobjectsandhowtheyareused.OneexampleistheMakahtribeofNeahBay,WashingtonState.Thetribehashuntedwhalesforthousandsofyears.Boats,spearsandotherwhale-huntingtoolsareincludedinitsdisplay.OnespecialareaintheexhibitistheFamilyActivityRoom.ItisaplacewherechildrenandtheirfamiliescanexploretheculturesandtraditionsoftheNativegroupstheyarelearningabout.Thestudentscanlearnmoreaboutthedrawingsanddesignsusedbythedifferentgroups.TheycanalsolearnhowtheNativegroupsweavecloth.PreslieHandeyandTaylorBostareteenagersfromSouthCarolinawhorecentlyvisitedtheexhibit.TheyagreedthattheActivityRoomwasthebestpartoftheexhibit.ItgavethemachancetolearnmoreaboutthewayNativeAmericanslive.HOST:OurVOAlistenerquestionthisweekcomesfromVietnam.DangVanKhuongasksaboutthemeaningoftheterm“meltingpot”andwhyitislinkedtomanyethnicgroups.“Meltingpot”meansaplacewherepeoplefrommanydifferentethnicgroupsorculturesformaunitedsociety.Theideacomesfromheatingmetalsinacontainer.Whentheymelt,themetalsuniteandbecomesomethingnewandstronger.ThetermhasbeenusedtodescribetheUnitedStatesasanationcreatedfrompeoplewhocameherefrommanydifferentcountries.AFrenchmanwhowaslivinginAmericaexpressedtheideamorethantwohundredyearsago.J.HectordeCrevecoeurpublishedabookcalled“LettersFromanAmericanFarmer”inseventeeneighty-two.HewrotethatAmericahadpeoplefrommanydifferentcountries.Hesaidthattheywouldbecomeanewpeoplewhoseworkwouldonedaychangetheworld.Formanyyears,Americansgenerallyacceptedtheideaoftheircountryasameltingpot.Theywelcomedimmigrantsfrommanynations.Yetsomeofthoseimmigrantscriticizedthemeltingpotidea.TheyfelttheywereforcedtolosetheircultureandlanguageinordertobeacceptedinAmerica.Otherpeoplealsocriticizedtheidea.Theysaidtheaimofthemeltingpotistomakedifferentculturesdisappearintotheonerepresentingthelargestgroup.NewgroupsofimmigrantsfromAsiaandLatinAmericaarechangingtheUnitedStatestoday.SomeareresistinglearningAmericancultureandlanguage.ReportssaysomeAmericansfearthatthenationisseparatingintomanygroupsthathavenosharedpurpose.Otherssaythemeltingpotisnolongerchangingthenation’simmigrants,buttheimmigrantsarechangingAmerica.SomeexpertswhostudyimmigrationsaytheynowcompareAmericansocietynotwithameltingpot,butwithasaladbowl.Asaladismadeofmanydifferentfoods.Theyeachkeeptheirowntastewhilebeingpartofasuccessfulproduct.Inthisway,culturalgroupskeeptheircustomsandlanguageandarestillpartofAmericansociety.AnnaMoffowasborninWayne,Pennsylvania.Herbeautifulsopranovoicewasdiscoveredataschoolmusiceventwhenshewasjustsevenyearsold.Moffowasaverybeautifulyoungwoman.ShewasofferedworkinHollywoodmoviesrightaftershegraduatedfromhighschool.Butshewantedtosing.MoffowenttoPhiladelphiatostudyattheCurtisInstituteofMusic.LatershewonaFulbrightAwardtostudyinItaly.Sheperformedinherfirstprofessionaloperathereinnineteenfifty-five.Twoyearslater,AnnaMoffosangprofessionallyforthefirsttimeintheUnitedStates.ShesangtheroleofMimiinGiacomoPuccini’s“LaBoheme.”HereisarecordingofMoffoinanotherPucciniopera,“MadameButterfly.”AnnaMoffoperformedoftenattheMetropolitanOperaHouseinNewYork.ShebecamefamoussingingthepartofViolettain“LaTraviata”byGuiseppeVerdi.AnnaMoffo’sstarintheoperaworldburnedbrightlybutalsobriefly.Shesaidsheworkedtoohardandtraveledtoomuchearlyinhercareer.Itwasmostlyoverbythenineteenseventies.WeleaveyounowwithAnnaMoffosingingintheopera“Manon”byJulesMassenet.
本文档为【Native Americans Explore the Life and Art of Their Ancestors】,请使用软件OFFICE或WPS软件打开。作品中的文字与图均可以修改和编辑,
图片更改请在作品中右键图片并更换,文字修改请直接点击文字进行修改,也可以新增和删除文档中的内容。
该文档来自用户分享,如有侵权行为请发邮件ishare@vip.sina.com联系网站客服,我们会及时删除。
[版权声明] 本站所有资料为用户分享产生,若发现您的权利被侵害,请联系客服邮件isharekefu@iask.cn,我们尽快处理。
本作品所展示的图片、画像、字体、音乐的版权可能需版权方额外授权,请谨慎使用。
网站提供的党政主题相关内容(国旗、国徽、党徽..)目的在于配合国家政策宣传,仅限个人学习分享使用,禁止用于任何广告和商用目的。