Open every day From April to October: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. From November to March: 10 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.	!!! Attention: this exhibition is over. Christian Dupré - Shamanic art from the Himalaya From the 20th of May until the 29th of October 2006 The Castle of Gruyères presents you with an unusual discovery between tribal sculpture and photography. Godlike and therapeutic, the shaman has supernatural powers that allows him to come into contact with the spirit world and the metaphysical spheres. With reference to the rites practised in the Himalaya, a fascinating shamanic statuary art has developed. Christian Dupré, photographer from the Gruyère region and mountain guide, is an authority on the culture and traditions from the Himalaya. On his trips to Nepal, he has gathered an important collection of bronze and wood statuettes in order to preserve their posterity. The exhibition at the castle presents you with seventy pieces amongst the most beautiful from this collection. The shamans with their proud expression, the riders captured in the movement of journey, the mountain bestiary composing an evocative fresco and, at the same time, surprising us with their modern forms. In parallel are shown, the pictures taken by Christian Dupré testifying of his personnel eye. These images favour the approach to the exhibited figurines as well as giving a subtle aesthetic variation.