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The latest contribution of the
Jutta Vogel Foundation to ensuring the preservation of the endangered Tuareg culture which is threatened by extinction and to enhancing public awareness is a large-scale acquisition of objects of everyday life. These will be exhibited at the new Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (RJM) in Cologne from September 2009
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onwards. They comprise garments, textiles, tea sets, jewellery and an impressive Quran tablet. These items, however, are experiencing a decline in their everyday use in Tuareg families.
Tourism has become a major source of income. The jewellery – modelled on traditional craftsmanship – is part of a thriving craft industry which as a result
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