The Tsunamika Ocean exhibit at the Visitors CenterTsunamika, the colourful cloth doll representing post-tsunami
renewal, returns in a new avatar. She has now grown into the voice of the
oceans, urging us to protect our seas and, ultimately, ourselves.
In 2004 the tragedy of the tsunami
birthed a child: ‘Tsunamika’. She was made from scrap material sewed into
small, three-inch dolls, by women from local fishing villages whose lives had
been affected by the tsunami. Additionally they were part of a gift economy,
branching out of the Mother’s vision of a collectively shared prosperity. She
caught the spirit of wishing for something positive post-tsunami and was widely
featured in the Indian media. Beyond that, they were eye-catching and each one
was unique. They helped transform the horror of the tsunami devastation into
something uplifting. To date, six million hand-made dolls have been distributed
in over eighty countries.
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