Bethlen Foundation Collection

The Bethlen Foundation Collection of ethnographic objects created by popular artists from the different ethnic communities living in Transylvania epitomises a truly multicultural vision on the inter-ethnic relations in this region. This vision contrasts with both the official view of the Romanian communist regime, which aimed at erasing ethnic traditions by imposing its type of modernisation, and the unofficially promoted and skillfully dissimulated policies of cultural homogenisation, such as the “sell out” of its minority citizens.

贝特伦基金会收藏的由特兰西瓦尼亚不同民族社区中流行艺术家创作的民族志对象，体现了该地区民族关系上的真正多元文化视野。这一视野与罗马尼亚共产主义政权官方观点形成鲜明对比，后者试图通过推行其类型的现代化来抹去民族传统；同时也与未经官方推广、却巧妙掩饰的文化同质化政策相异，例如对少数公民的‘背叛’。