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The ''Tree of Life'' is a sculpture created by four artists in Mozambique. It was commissioned and then installed in the British Museum in 2005.〔 It was built from the surrender of 600,000 weapons that were converted into art following an initiative started by Bishop Dinis Sengulane.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.surefish.co.uk/culture/features/090205_africa05_bishop.htm )〕 ==Description== The sculpture was created by four artists, Kester, Hilario Nhatugueja, Fiel dos Santos and Adelino Serafim Maté in Maputo,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/t/tree_of_life.aspx )〕 as part of a co-operative called ''Associação Núcleo de Arte'' in Maputo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.africaserver.nl/nucleo/eng/index.html )〕 The scheme was created by the Mozambican Christian Council〔 and supported by Christian Aid. It was Bishop Dinis Sengulane's idea which led to the creation of an organisation called "Transformacao de Armas em Enxadas" or "Transforming Arms into Tools".〔 Sengulane who was one of the people creditted for creating the opportunity for peace following the Mozambique Civil War. The "Transforming Arms into Tools" organisation supplied the decommissioned weapons to the artists and his group for this and many other related pieces of sculpture.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.africaserver.nl/nucleo/eng/index.html )〕 Around the bottom of the main trunk, which weighs half a ton (c. 500 kg), there are some complementary sculptures of animals. The animals are a turtle, a lizard and two birds. These too are made from welded guns. Weapons are important symbols in Mozambique. An AK47 still features on Mozambique's flag. This sculpture was made from weapons which include Kalashnikov AK47s '', Walther 42s, German MP 40s and British 4.85mms. The millions of weapons in Mozambique were the remains of the civil war that was funded by South Africa and Rhodesia and involved emigrants from both of their regimes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/t/throne_of_weapons.aspx )〕 One million people were killed and the war only ended when the Soviet Union collapsed and the funding ended. Kofi Annan of the United Nations said, when similar work was being discussed, "We don't manufacture weapons, we sometimes don't even have money to buy them. How do we get these weapons to kill each other?" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tree of Life (Kester)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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