New Lecture
The Silk Road - Legendary Past and Present
"The ancient Silk Road is of the past
but its multicultural spirit is more relevant then ever"
Chinghis Aitmatov
The desire to track down a myth became a lifetime project, whereby the adventure Silk Road can be experienced in many different ways:
Right in the middle of sand ocean of the Takla Makan, when the caravan stands in front of a "Pompeji of the desert", one of those places of ancient times shrouded in mystery and preserved by dry sand or in one of the bazaars in remote oasis with their oriental mixture of ancient craftsmenship and vibrating atmosphere of ordours and sounds; but also in caves cut into the rocks at the bottom of the "heavenly mountains" (Tien Shan) with artful paintings like in a pictue book.
But the Silk Road is not only nostalgic past. There is a renaissance of the worlds most important band between peoples and continents. Along ancient caravan tracks a new Silk Road has emerged, a modern link between East and West, from Europe to China. This vision not only fuels the imagination of poets like the Kirghiz writer Chinghis Aitmatov but also of politicians of all kinds who believe this to have great commercial potantial. But an exchange only limited to economy is not enough to revive the function of the old Silk Road which brought people of different cultures together. The dialogue - this is exactly what the Silk Road teaches us - must take place on a much broader base.
This insight stands at the beginning of "Roads of Dialogue", the recent Silk Road project of Bruno Baumann, which sets a mark with a spectacular caravan of culture.
See more: www.silkroadexperiences.org
New Publications
Desert Quest
My Travels Through the World´s Sand Deserts
(so far only in German language available)
Hardcover, 302 pages, 39 color photos, 4 maps
ISBN: 978-3-89029-401-8
Malik (Piper Publishing House) Munich, October 2011
Audio CD
Spirit of the Silk Road
Songs of Dialogue
Music of the Silkroad Ensemble
for more information
produced by Bruno Baumann
Price: € 20,00
New Project
The new website of the Silkroad project is now online: http://www.silkroadexperiences.org
The World of Bruno Baumann
Permanent Exhibition at the Naturparkzentrum Grottenhof
View folder (in German)
For more information:
www.naturparkzentrum-grottenhof.at
New Business Lectue
Insight China
China is not the sleeping giant anymore. Instead, it plays a significant role in global politics and the global economy. Within only a few decades, the country was vaulted into modern times by a rapid process of development. Nevertheless, the clocks run differently in China. Read more
Last Releases
Kailash - Tibet´s Sacred Mountain
375 pages, 197 color photos, 3 maps
National Geographic Paperback, Munich 2010
ISBN: 978-3-492-40405-1
Price: € 14,95
On Buddha´s Footsteps
216 pages, 200 photos
edition terra magica by Nymphenburger Publisher
ISBN: 978-3-7243-1004-4
Bruno Baumann: Interview with the Dalai Lama/ Entrevista al Dalai Lama (V.O.S):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4V6PZUqyxY
For watching it in high quality, press the button at the base of the screen named HD and wait until the red line is loaded.
Honorary citizenship of the Austrian hometown Kaindorf/Sulm
Theater Project
The Latvian theater group United Intimacy has been performing in Riga successfully "Caravan of no return" based on the book of Bruno Baumann about his dramatic journey through the Takla Makan desert. More
Interview
Interview with Bruno Baumann online at http://www.srichinmoy.tv/tv/255
Books including contributions by Bruno Baumann
HIMALAYA
Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge and Hope
Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Preface by Jimmy Carter
Epilogue by Sir Edmund Hillary
Edited by Richard C.Blum. Erica Stone und Broughton Coburn
National Geographic Society and the American Himalayan Foundation 2006
As solid as a rock, as eternal as its deities, as fragile as the dawn:
Will the Himalaya survive the pressures of the modern day?
Its people embody courage and compassion, yet they face political strife, regional rancor, economic hardship, and environmental deterioration.
In this collection of personal accounts and stunning images, clear-sighted writers and photographers share their firsthand knowledge, stories, and visions and offer rare insights into this cherished realm.
Further information at www.himalayan-foundation.org