Black metal band Chthonic will take examples of Taiwan's paper doll crafts on its tour of Europe, the US and Asia to introduce Taiwanese folk art to their fans around the world, the group's leader Freddy Lim (
Chthonic heads for the US next week to launch its tour, which will involve more than 80 concerts around the world, including Ozzfest 2007 -- an annual tour of the US featuring heavy metal, hard rock and black metal groups -- and Germany's Wacken Open Air festival -- the world's largest exclusively metal music festival -- as well as a number ofAsian concerts.
The group was looking for issue-specific concert products in addition to its own T-shirts and CDs to promote Taiwanese concerns, Lim said.
The group decided to sell paper dolls made by folk artists of the "Answer Ideas Studio" to promote Taiwanese arts and issues.
Six paper dolls modeled after the members of Chthonic will be sold at the group's US concerts.
The group will also present paper dolls modeled on group members and the "eight generals" to sponsors of the Ozzfest tour and Wacken Open Air, he said.
Chthonic's use of paper dolls to promote Taiwan's culture, in association with its "UNlimited Taiwan" concert theme, aims to introduce foreign audiences to the difficulties Taiwan suffers in its efforts to join international organizations, Lin added.
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