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What it is: Portraits of Japanese-Finnish people in Finland by Elina Moriya. Last modified: Sun, Jun 3, 2001

Miika and Maria

Haafu ja nakute nibai
Portraits of Finnish-Japanese people

People often say, ”Oh, are you half Japanese?” or ”So you’re a haafu.” What does haafu mean, and what do people think when they call someone a haafu? How do people turn out when they’ve always lived between two cultures? What is their identity like?

This exhibition is a statement for tolerance. No one should be judged because of their parents or cultural background or the way they look. A picture can show what a person looks like, but is it enough to class them as ”halves”? What you see up front is only a reflection of what’s inside. People are always more complex and more impressive than one would think. Everyone is special and beautiful in their own way.

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