Museum
Asian and African Art

This museum was created in the last decade of the 20th century, exposure of sculptor Zlatko Paounov who donates of Tryavna a number of Asian and African artifacts . In 2004 obtains its own building . Paunov is a graduate of the Academy of Arts , but his love for art led him through many countries. Recently settled in New York, but his heart remains true of Asia and Africa, where he finds a strange ( at first glance ) analogue with Bulgarian art . The museum houses about 1,600 books on art , 3000 slide , thanks to donations from collectors and art lovers , the number of objects is steadily increasing . Difficult to understand the meaning of those objects in the museum , you have prior knowledge of the culture and worldview of the people who created them . In case you do not have this knowledge , you can book a guide who will reveal amazing facts, do not even suspect . Parable tells of the gods Brahma , Shiva and Vishnu - who was created by whom and whose followers what characterized . It also deals with the peculiarities of Buddhism and its currents of sculptures in various religions and their importance for the characteristics of Asian and African art (the first is characterized by the making of masks and objects with energy content of the masks is believed that no nice to be kept at home because they are conduits of negative energy). Explain what and how people are allowed to use different objects as well as the similarities of colors , patterns and fabrics to those used in our land .