Compartir el pan: La nueva exposición de Doha explora la comida, la fe y el intercambio cultural
El Museo de Arte Islámico de Catar ofrece un festín para los sentidos con Un lugar en la mesa: Comida y banquetes en el mundo islámico. La exposición explora el papel de la comida en la formación de la identidad, la fe y el intercambio cultural.
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00:00More than maybe anything in today's day and age, food is something that unites people.
00:08The term breaking bread is often used to describe sharing a meal with someone and hopefully sparking a meaningful conversation.
00:15That's why breaking bread is the first of five sections of a new exhibition here in Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art.
00:22A Seat at the Table, Food and Feasting in the Islamic World explores how food has influenced daily life, celebrations, and cultural exchange from the emergence of Islam to present day.
00:38Bread is an important staple in many religions and cultures.
00:42While in Arab countries, the name of the clay oven may differ slightly, Tanur, Tandir, Tandoor, or Tonur, depending on the particular part of the Middle East, Central, or South Asia, unleavened flatbread is the common denominator.
00:57There are different bread-making traditions that help to define different cultures and communities, but despite those differences, essentially everyone can come together and break bread.
01:09And that's the message that we wanted to start off the exhibition with.
01:13The exhibition explores the evolution of food.
01:16For co-curator Taslim Sani, food and faith play big roles across the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East.
01:25The Islamic faith really plays a key role for Muslims in determining what they should eat, what's considered permissible, and what they should stay away from.
01:33So we thought of bringing this to the forefront to also teach the audience, or at least pass a message to the visitors, that the faith of Muslims is critically important in their relationship with food.
01:47Dr. Tara Desjardins says throughout history, cuisines evolved as new ingredients were introduced.
01:54The trade of certain ingredients at specific moments in time have helped to inform cultures and dishes that are a result of that culture that today we might take for granted.
02:06And we don't know perhaps where they came from and the long journeys that they traveled.
02:11Those long journeys brought cinnamon, nutmeg, and black pepper westward from Asia to the Middle East and Europe, while corn, potatoes, and peppers traveled east across the Atlantic.
02:24The chili pepper actually came from the Americas.
02:29It was one of the quote-unquote new world ingredients that was brought over during Christopher Columbus's second return voyage.
02:37And it arrived into Europe and then into Asia by the 16th century.
02:44And in Indian cuisine, it was assimilated very, very quickly because they probably already had a strong taste for, you know, biting ginger, strong pepper, things like this that were already indigenous and very prominent in their cuisine.
03:00And so they received it very, very, very warmly.
03:05And they also started to then grow it locally.
03:08The curators invite visitors to think critically about their relationship with the environment and where their food comes from.
03:17A lot of times we don't think about the sort of backstage efforts that goes into food production.
03:22So the kind of water that goes into it, the amount of land mass that is used, and how this ends up affecting our environment and our society.
03:29So the idea is just to have people go away with that thought, thinking about, okay, what role do they have to play in a globally changing and evolving world and, you know, becoming a world that's becoming more complex.
03:41Similar to the foods and spices that migrated from one place to another, Anika Weber is originally from Germany, but is now based in Qatar.
03:50It's very nice. It's very interactive. I like that. We're watching also the part where you can smell the different, different stuff. That was really nice.
03:59And then also you have like old Quran and yeah, it's an interesting mixture.
04:03You have something for children, but also something for older people.
04:06So yeah, I feel this is really unites and yeah, everyone likes to eat at the end of the day.
04:12A seat at the table is essentially that everyone can come and participate in food, food culture, and it speaks not only to the inclusivity of food, but also the fact that food is something that unites people more than maybe anything in today's day and age.
04:29This is likely the most photographed part of the exhibition. The re-imagination of what dining with the Sultan would look like.
04:37And no, the food is not real. It's actually made of paper mache and produced by 40 first-year VCU Qatar students.
04:45It's a class project titled Ramadan Feast, showcasing the variety of foods used to traditionally break the fast.
04:52A seat at the table runs until later this year.
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