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906 Sargent Avenue
This Mural, 'Turkey' was rendered by Signs & Wonders in 2001, with sponsorship by the West End BIZ and Winnipeg Development Agreement. It had been installed and had made its debut on another building (519 Ellice Avenue) in 2001; but in 2008 when the building ownership changed, the new owner had different plans for the wall and the Mural installation was removed. In 2009 the Mural was resurrected to a new location at 906 Sargent, first on the East wall, and then its 'final' home on the West facing side as shown in this photo. By 2014 the Mural was deemed by the West End BIZ to be in terrible shape and not repairable and was replaced with a brand new Mural in late September of 2014 (see Murals section, this address). Original notes follow:
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This Mural represents Turkey. On the left is a woman in
traditional Islamic
dress, seeing as Islam is the most practiced religion. Islam means 'submission
to God'. Featured beside her is an example of beautiful Turkish
architecture, perhaps an Islamic temple. Then, two large camels, important
to Turkey because of their use along the "Silk Road", an old international
trade route where valuables were exchanged all the way to China. Above, the
national flag rustling is in the wind. Turkish people call their flag 'ay
yildiz'
(moon star). It used to be a crescent on a green field, but was changed to
red in 1793 because of the bloodshed during battles of independence. Red has
been prominent in Turkish flags for 700 years. The star was added in 1844 to
honour the Virgin Mary. Nowadays, this crescent and star are regarded as
Muslim symbols. Also depicted is a very well bearded, traditional, Turkish
gentleman.
Source: West End BIZ Mural Tour notes
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