5. September - October 2010
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ARCHITECTURE<br />
Nepal, Spain, Germany...<br />
Most pavilions represent their country’s cultural<br />
history and progressive urban ideas in an effort<br />
to convey a clear sense of national values and<br />
identity. The Nepalese Pavilion is no less, if<br />
not striking and popular with the expo visitors.<br />
Ranked in the top 10 ten pavilions, the Stupa<br />
and the feeling of Nepal is evident in one 's<br />
experience. Themed as Tales of the Kathmandu<br />
City and Seeking the Soul of a City Exploration<br />
and Speculation, the pavilion’s highlights are the<br />
Araniko Centre and the works of 2 years of the<br />
350 Nepalese families and craftsmen. Artists,<br />
musicians, dancers and performances from<br />
Nepal are also regular features of the exposition.<br />
The highlight perhaps was the recent Nepal Day<br />
celebration on the 3 rd of <strong>September</strong> with "eternal<br />
flame of peace" reaching Shanghai from Nepal.<br />
We do wish for political stability and peace be with<br />
Nepal – although it appears to be only a distant<br />
shine for the moment.<br />
Few of the other interesting pavilions not to be<br />
missed are that of Germany, Spain, Japan and<br />
Switzerland. I am sure there are many others not<br />
to be missed – but one requires the time and the<br />
patience to go through an hour or two long lines<br />
in some of the popular ones. To get a glimpse of<br />
the pavilions is like seeing the respective country<br />
through a small window.<br />
Nepal<br />
Spain<br />
Germany<br />
The German pavilion is interesting in the way it sits<br />
in an origami-like pavilion that says more about its<br />
time than its place.<br />
www.spacesnepal.com 48<br />
<strong>September</strong>-<strong>October</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
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