The VII Feria y Exposición Artesanal y Cultural de los Pueblos Originarios (Fair and Exposition of Crafts and Culture from the Original Pueblos) opens today and will run until November 9th.The fair and exposition demonstrate the many beautiful and valuable aspects of these “original,” indigenous cultures, uniting them in one place and celebrating their complex and vital role in Latin America.According to the government website, groups from Cusco and the Amazon in Peru will attend the event, as well as groups from all regions of Argentina.In addition to crafts, there will be indigenous music and dancing, indigenous costumes, and traditional food for all to sample.The event takes place at the Museo de Arte Popular José Hernández on Libertador 2372 and costs only one peso to enter (it is free on Sunday).

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A long way from its home in Berlin, an original version of the silent filmMetropolis was just discovered in the Museo del Cine de Buenos Aires.How did it get there?Strangely, according to the Clarín,no one seems to be sure.What is certain, however, is that this copy is an exact version of the film that director Fritz Lang showed 81 years ago.Of course, the copy is very old and in need of restoration before it can match the restored 2002 version in quality. Fans of this great classic of German film can only be pleased, since the new scenes present in this copy will lead to a reexamination—and perhaps give some clarification—of this complex science fiction masterpiece.

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