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This is a superb, undreamed, very discriminating house. The house is created by Felipe Assadi and Francisca Pulido. The idea and design of this amazing house were the construction of a guests house and house of games.
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Winter Music Conference is the annual pow-wow of the electronic music industry, attracting cutting-edge artists, DJs, producers, video directors, retailers and audio manufacturers. It might be winter, but this is Miami, the setting is a beach, and you’re a world away from the fog and cold of Europe, New York and LA.
The conference last five days and includes seminars, demo workshops, DJ spin-offs and countless other events, culminating in a delirious final party, the Ultra Music Festival, at which 40,000 fans watch 200 of the best DJs in the world perform on 10 stages. Registration starts at US$395 – and if you’re worried this makes it seem that the music industry has gone too corporate, don’t: you can always put it on expenses.

The ceremonial Men’s House is the sacred dwelling of the initiated men and of the spirits. This kind of building is found in many cultures of Oceania, but those of the Middle Sepik are the most elaborate from an aesthetic viewpoint. Called tambaran, these constructions can reach 25 metres in length and exceed 18 metres in height. They occupy a central position in the villages and are built in the area reserved for ceremonies. The Men’s House is usually built on two levels. On the ground floor it is surrounded by large sculpted poles, decorated with totem symbols, and it is divided into spaces with hearths, each of which is assigned to a single clan. Here also are the huge slit drums, the small stools and the hooks sculpted and painted with anthropomorphic illustrations, which are hung from the beams to hold the food baskets.
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