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Friendly reminder if you come to Australia do NOT buy indigenous art souvenirs unless they are made by indigenous artists. Indigenous art souvenirs are a multi million dollar industry, where indigenous communities make no money from their own culture. You can’t go anywhere without seeing fake indigenous products, mass produced boomerangs and didgeridoos front every tourist location in the country. Majority of these items are not made by indigenous artists, are mass produced, inaccurate and stereotypical, missing the story telling and deep meaning of indigenous Australian art.

These fake pieces are more than just things, they are robbery of culture, it takes something deeply personal and sacred from real people, all so that the rich can continue to make profit. This successfully harms indigenous communities and indigenous artists, who make beautiful and cultural significant pieces that are discarded in favour for cheap mass produced items made by large corporations.

Wandjuk Marika describes this:

“Our art and culture are very dear to us, they embody the past history of my people, our beliefs today, and our strength to survive. Whilst wanting to protect ourselves and our art and culture for future generations, at the same time we are eager for all the world to witness the beauty and strength of our culture as expressed by our artists. To retain a jealous hold on our cultural heritage is not our desire, but we must realise our responsibility to safeguard this heritage and to ensure that Aboriginals at last achieve the recognition that is universally attributed to all artists.” - Wandjuk Marika, Yolgnu (Artist) 1975

If you want something really beautiful to take home with you that is actually Australian buy REAL indigenous art. To do this

1. Buy directly from indigenous small businesses, galleries and artists.

2. If an item does not credit the artist and you can’t tell where it came from, the it is likely fake or something that an artist did not give permission to be recreated. Ask what the artist was paid, the artists name and where the item was produced, if they can’t answer any of these questions then do not buy. An ethical seller should have no issue providing information on where the art comes from.

3. Look for businesses that are members of the indigenous art code. You can find them through the indigenous art code website here

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Norwegian tourist, 21, is barred from entering the US after ICE guards find meme showing JD Vance with a bald head on his phone

A Norwegian tourist claims he was harassed and refused entry to the US after immigration officers found a meme of JD Vance on his phone.

Mads Mikkelsen, 21, arrived at New Jersey's Newark Airport on June 11, excited about his holiday.

But, his plans were thrown into disarray when he was reportedly pulled aside by border control and put in a cell.

The tourist was then subjected to what he described to Norwegian outlet Nordlys as an 'abuse, of power and harassment'.

'They asked questions about drug trafficking, terrorist plots and right-wing extremism totally without reason,' he told the outlet.

Mr Mikkelsen, claimed the officers then threatened him with a $5,000 fine or five years in prison if he refused to give the password to his mobile phone.

The guards reportedly found a meme on the device's camera roll showing US vice president JD Vance with a bald, egg-shaped head.

Mikkelsen said after discovering the image the authorities sent him home to Norway the same day.

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Heir to Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Ferdinand and his spouse Sophie dressed as a Mummy and a Sphinx respectively during their trip to Egypt in 1894.

Please don't reblog this it has unintentional misinformation.

taavicleric

Reblogged mostlysignssomeportents

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blondebrainpowered

Jan 5

Heir to Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Ferdinand and his spouse Sophie dressed as a Mummy and a Sphinx respectively during their trip to Egypt in 1894.

Please don't reblog this as the original post. It has unintentional misinformation. Please see below/

taavicleric

This isn't Franz Ferdinand.

This photograph is of James Deering and Abby Deering Howe. He was the guy behind International Harvester. Abby is his sister.

The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami has the photo in their archives.

Franz Ferdinand did pose for one of these, though.

This is held in the collection at Artstetten Castle. Wh

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Alien tourist 👽 📸

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Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant 'idiot'.

-- Terry Pratchett - The Colour Of Magic

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Tourist Scooter Rentals in Europe has quite the following 👌

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*A cat cafe or a dog cafe is a cafe where customers can play with the cafe owner’s dogs or cats. And the cafe uses dogs/cats to attract customers

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You've always been a tourist here. You just didn't know it.

-- Khaled Hosseini

(St. Anton, Austria)

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1981 Dakin - Tourist Garfield

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Tourist at the sphinx and the Great Pyramids, Egypt

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1912 to Brussels, Belgium

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