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Exhibition focuses on Taiwan Photographs, costumes, films and documentaries bring the culture of Taiwan to Joburg in the exhibition, Taiwan's rich and fascinating cultural heritage. September 17, 2007 By George Matlala THE temples of Taiwan, whose architecture tells the story of the island's culture, are the subject of an exhibition at the Johannesburg Public Library. Titled Taiwan's rich and fascinating cultural heritage, the exhibition forms part of Heritage Month celebrations by Region F's library services unit. Set up in the library's foyer, it runs from Monday, 17 September to Saturday, 22 September. The unit's library services manager for outreach and marketing, Maria Digoamaje, says the main purpose of the exhibition is to improve relations between people of different cultures. It falls under the City's strategic objective to deal with xenophobia. Included in the exhibition are costume displays, photographs of Taiwanese temples, traditional festivals, arts and dance, and screenings of Taiwanese documentaries and feature films. The lion in the National Palace Museum garden "We are going to show South Africans the rich culture of Taiwan," says Eric Chao, the information officer at the Taipei Liaison Office in South Africa. It will enable people to learn more about Taiwanese culture and encourage them to discuss issues raised in the films, Digoamaje says. She also believes that the exhibition will help to build an audience for Taiwanese films. And it will reinforce the relationship between Region F's library services unit and the Taipei Liaison Office. "The Taiwanese have always opened their arms for us," she says. From the main library, the exhibition will travel to the Rhodes Park Library in Kensington, where it will run from Tuesday, 25 September to Saturday, 29 September. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za