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G U A R A N I News
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Publisher/Editor: Norman M. Langer
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Wajima: Lacquer Ware (Part 3 of 3)
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Wajima: Lacquer Ware (Part 3 of 3)
ordering them as gifts for birthdays or special occasions.
The process of applying the top layers of lacquering finally
Eastwood film wins Cesr: Best foreign film
begins when the foundation is complete. Though there are two
st
The 31 annual presentation of the French Oscars, the Csars, approaches to applying lacquer finishes nuritate (also called
was a success for Clint Eastwood, whose Oscar-winning film, hananuri) in which lacquer is simply applied, and roiro where
Million Dollar Baby, received the award for best foreign film. the surface is polished nuritate has been the predominant
Eastwood was unfortunately unable to attend the ceremony. method of lacquering since time immemorial. As lacquer is made
Instead, British actor Hugh Grant accepted the award on his from the natural sap of trees, its quality is not always uniform.
behalf. Grant was also recognized by the French National Various types of lacquer are mixed and then modified to achieve
Academy of Arts and Techniques with an honorary Csar. He the desired drying and hardening times, colour and lustrous
addressed the audience in French, thanking France for veneer. Occasionally, lacquer that has been stored for 20 years
recognizing his contribution to cinema.
or more is also mixed in. In the case of nuritate, the process is
The nights big winner was Jacques Audiard, director of De complete after the final coat has been applied. However, when
Battre Mon Coeur Sest Arrt (The Beat That My Heart maki-e or chinkin decoration is to be added, it is first polished
Skipped). His film received eight Csars, including Best Film by a technician specializing in roiro and then passed on to a
and Best Director. Other award winners included Michel maki-e-shi (maki-e technician) or chinkin-shi (chinkin
Bouquet, who won Best Actor for his role as former president technician) who applies the decoration by hand.
Franois Mitterand in Promeneur du Champ de Mars and
Since Wajima lacquer ware is the result of a division of labour
Nathalie Baye, named Best Actress for her performance in Le with many detailed efforts not visible to the eye, each technician
73 in Taiwan.
During the month-long ordeal, Beijing continuously
obstructed the WHOs efforts to provide timely expert guidance
to Taiwans health authorities. This not only led to suffering in
Taiwan but posed the danger that SARS would spread from
Taiwan to other countries.
Taiwan has been forced to deal with other serious health
problems on its own. An outbreak of enterovirus in 1998, for
example, claimed 78 lives. Close supervision by the government
and enhanced public awareness have greatly reduced the scale
of recurrent outbreaks of the disease and the number of deaths
caused by it.
No country should be excluded from the global network for
preventing and controlling the spread of infectious diseases.
The denial of Taiwans right to equal access to the WHO
endangers the health of its own people as well as that of peoples
around the world. Taiwans inclusion will reduce these dangers
and enable it to contribute to the world its valuable health care
experience and resources.
with it. She looks at the flabbergasted teller and without missing there was a British specialist involved who came via Chile to
a beat says, Well, thats great..........thats really great..........Some advise on that.
Best wishes
assholes got my pen.
Andrew
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Humbert SOLENTE
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Paraguayan-French Chamber Commerce
HE Antonio ESPINOZA
Former Ambassador to Great Britain