The document summarizes information about several regional pavilions at a fair showcasing different countries and cultures. It describes pavilions focused on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands and its giant tortoises, Otavalo weaving traditions from Ecuador, Japan's plans to showcase communicating across languages and media, the Netherlands pavilion about dairy cows and farming, and Hungary's participation in the worldwide event.
The document summarizes information about several regional pavilions at a fair showcasing different countries and cultures. It describes pavilions focused on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands and its giant tortoises, Otavalo weaving traditions from Ecuador, Japan's plans to showcase communicating across languages and media, the Netherlands pavilion about dairy cows and farming, and Hungary's participation in the worldwide event.
The document summarizes information about several regional pavilions at a fair showcasing different countries and cultures. It describes pavilions focused on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands and its giant tortoises, Otavalo weaving traditions from Ecuador, Japan's plans to showcase communicating across languages and media, the Netherlands pavilion about dairy cows and farming, and Hungary's participation in the worldwide event.
The document summarizes information about several regional pavilions at a fair showcasing different countries and cultures. It describes pavilions focused on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands and its giant tortoises, Otavalo weaving traditions from Ecuador, Japan's plans to showcase communicating across languages and media, the Netherlands pavilion about dairy cows and farming, and Hungary's participation in the worldwide event.
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EQUADOR
The Galàpagos REGIONAL PAVILIONS
Islands Exhibition http://park.org/Regions
Ecuador’s Galàpagos Islands are famous
The Tusukiji Fish Market The fair has been met with for their unique and varied wildlife. Of It is 4AM and you’re at the market. You the many unusual creatures that inhabit enthusiastic support by countries turn on your Internet radio and listen to these isolated rocky islands, none is more two old men haggle over a tuna. We’re such as Japan, The Netherlands, characteristic than not talking canned salad here—this is the Giant Tortoise, Russia, Thailand, the United sashimi-grade tuna steak! Serious Sushi, Geolchelone ele- you betcha! As this pavilion continues Kingdom and the United States. phantopus. The construction, you’ll be able to learn all islands are named Participating countries have about fish: take market lessons at Tusukiji; for the Spanish word for “saddle,” a refer- visit an animated Sushi bar; and view live ence to a common name for these land- unveiled ambitious plans for their video of fish swimming in the Tokyo locked reptiles, “saddle-backed tortoises.” own exhibitions, many of which Aquarium. A true piscatory delight!
Otavalo will evolve throughout 1996.
Weavers NETHERLANDS In the highlands of Ecuador, an The Bovine Project Otavalo weaver JAPAN Now you can learn everything you always works at a treadle wanted to know about cows. With participa- loom, producing the sensorium tion from the Royal Dutch Cattle Syndicate a woolen rug of rich grays, creamy white, Reach out and touch some- and other leading Dutch cow institutes, you’ll and rust-red. The Otavalo weaving tradi- body on the Internet. This be able to trace the genealogy of Dutch cows, tion stretches unbroken from even before pavilion is about commu- learn more about bulls than you thought the Inca armies marched into their Andean nicating: in different lan- possible, and even visit a real Dutch dairy mountain valley homeland in 1455. guages and in different farm (complete with the exact location of media. Travel to Japan and your adopted cow participate in this and dozens of at any moment in “ It is a great pleasure and other pavilions under construction. The time). The highlite honour for us that our Digital City of Harajuku will soon be joined of this pavilion is country may participate in by the Ginza and Roppongi districts. And a Cow Simulator— this worldwide event.” just wait until the people pavilions start build your own cow coming on-line— over 300 people have on the Internet! The best digital cows will Árpá Göncz, President been awarded free Internet be awarded prizes at the Cow Fair each Gyula Horn, Prime Minister The Republic of Hungary access to their homes for a week and winners even get an Official year to build people pavilions. Dutch Expo Cheese mailed to them!