Afghanistan – Country of Contrasts

The issue is of current interest, the exhibits are sensational.
25 years of civil war and Taliban fanatism have almost completely destroyed the cultural diversity of the once so wealthy Afghanistan.

At the Lokschuppen Rosenheim it is possible to now see Afghanistan´s cultural assets that have to a large extent vanished – colourfull garments, precious jewellery, elaborate carpets, rare music instruments.....

Heart-piece of the exhibition is the reconstruction of a basar true to the original. The jurt of a Turkmeni family, a Pashtunean nomades´goat-skin tent, the living-room of Nuristan mountain dwellers, and the rooms of an Afghani clay house lively illustrate the inhabitants´ways of life.

The exhibiton gives shows the country´s breathtaking beauty, the diversity of its ethnic groups, the traditional ways of life and the Afghani art
More than 600 exhibits come from the unique collection of the merchant family Rahimy from Kabul/Vienna. For generations they traded, collected and preserved much, thus saving it from destruction.