The Dhaka Times Desk An amazing museum. But it's not like a typical museum. It is established under water.
There is an amazing museum story for you. Although collected, the stories are a collection of many unknown facts to the readers in our pictorial section. Today one such museum is being highlighted. Readers will also go to an unknown mysterious island - deep in the water.
This is a magical world of blue water - in which stands rows of human figures. A group of men and women are standing in a circle holding hands, some are lying down, some are riding bicycles. Some old men are sitting with black faces. There are many women who are childbearing. Many people are typing on the type machine placed on the table, some are lying on the table and some are standing.
This is how this amazing underwater museum is arranged. This museum is called Cancun Marine Park. Located 10 meters below the sea level, this museum is like a magical world. There are 400 statues of people in this museum. These images are arranged in different ways. It seems like a different world going on underwater. Various species of sea fish are roaming in this museum. This museum was created by the famous UK sculptor Jason the Clares Taylor. There is also a reason behind its creation. Here is the Cancun Isla Mujeres National Marine Park. This park is always crowded with people throughout the year. As a result, the arrival of aquatic animals on the sea coast and the existence of aquatic corals were faced with extreme crisis. The west coast of Mexico had almost no natural underwater environment.
Sculptor Jason de Clare's Taylor emerged from the plight of the coast. He thinks, normal conditions should be returned to the coast. A volunteer organization called The Museo Sub Aquatico de Arte in Mexico reached out to help after hearing about his thoughts. A project started with the cooperation of that organization. Which is called life casts.
The purpose of this project was to rebuild the coral reefs of the coast through sculptures. The museum is decorated with Jason's sculptures as decided by the Cancun Marine Park Authority. They are made in a completely different manner than other sculptures. Because depending on how much light falls on the surface of the sea, the color of the sculpture changes underwater. And its style is completely different from the above water sculpture. British artist Jason Taylor named his sculpture 'The Silent Evolution'.
Jason used a special type of cement to create these sculptures. This cement is about 10 times stronger than normal cement and coral-friendly. The sculptures are made of cement so that coral beads can be attached to them very easily. Taylor initially planned to install about 200 sculptures. After a few days, this idea began to change. He plans to more than double the number of sculptures. Cancun Marine Park is decorated with over 400 sculptures. The sculptures are placed under the sea in different ways. The idols are placed under water using a special type of tough fiber glass. It is also made from the materials used in the sculpture. To install them, the seabed was first drilled with a special powerful drill machine. Then the sculptures are put together.
Around it now colorful fish and aquatic animals are almost always seen roaming around. And the sculptures were created with the aim of fulfilling that goal as well. This is because corals are forming around the idols every day. There is absolutely no danger of the sculptures collapsing, and one can even swim freely there. However, the natural environment or the weather has become the big enemy of the sculptures. Natural disasters such as hurricanes often rage here. And in this frenzy, this wonderful underwater museum of dreams can be destroyed at any moment. Those involved in the project believe that the sculptures can withstand natural calamities and survive. And if these sculptures can survive then only the coastal corals will survive. At least those associated with it hope so all the time. The goal with which this amazing underwater museum has been established - everyone hopes that the goal will succeed. Courtesy: Daily Yugantar.
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