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Exhibition at the the Santa Fe Museum of
Contemporary Native Arts.

MUSEUMS

We ended up exploring three museums, starting presented spine-tingling Japanese supernatural
with the Museum of International Folk Art on Mu- creatures that are both grotesque and comical.
seum Hill. Its collection - the largest in the world - Yōkai means ghosts and demons, all popular in
includes over 130,000 objects from more than 100 comics and anime there.
countries. Most of the exhibits showcase items The second exhibition also was beautifully grim.
from far-off places. But visitors will find local cul- From Combat to Carpet: The Art of Afghan War
ture and folk art too, like Música Buena, which Rugs featured over 40 handwoven rugs bristling
showcased the history of traditional Hispanic mu- with war-related symbols, including American
sic from colonial times to the present. tanks, planes, and guns. All were chilling expres-
Two special exhibits we viewed were the stuff of sions from that war-torn country that involved the
nightmares. The Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan American military for nearly 20 years.

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