Description | Comprising material relating to trees, festivals and tree dressing in an international context, including:
- a cloth hanging of 'The Misereor 'Tree of Life'' by Haitian artist, Jacques Chery, as well as information leaflets about the artwork;
- copies of 'The Miseror 'Water of Life' Hanging' by Indian artist, Jyoti Sahi;
- correspondence relating to Tree Dressing Day, trees and culture from individuals in many different countries, including Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Norway and Vietnam;
- leaflets, posters, essays, pamphlets, press clippings and photocopied book extracts relating to Tree Dressing Day and trees and their links to culture and festivals;
- a copy of the 'Tree Dressing Day Times' newspapers, produced by Common Ground (1993);
- a copy of special issue 'The Tree Dressing Day Manual' newspaper, produced by Common Ground,with information about Tree Dressing Day in ten languages, including Bengali, English, French, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Welsh on the front page (1994);
- and educational booklets and a cassette tape about Chitranga cassette, all produced by the Commonwealth Institute (1992). |