Monaco's Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology, founded by Prince Albert 1st, presents its new "Magies d'ailleurs" exhibition for one year from December 15, 2025.
In the face of the unknown (illness, death, tomorrow), rituals are a way of organizing chaos, of "knowing what to do", of warding off fear and facing trials.
How do we move from the profane to the sacred?
What meaning do societies give to everyday gestures?
What role do shamans, healers and priestesses play?
What objects mediate between humans and gods: fetishes, masks, cult statues?
Come and discover the diversity of magic-ritual practices, their commonalities, their history and the transmission of these sacred gestures through time...
How do we move from the profane to the sacred?
What meaning do societies give to everyday gestures?
What role do shamans, healers and priestesses play?
What objects mediate between humans and gods: fetishes, masks, cult statues?
Come and discover the diversity of magic-ritual practices, their commonalities, their history and the transmission of these sacred gestures through time...
