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sand painting

1. A ceremonial design of the Navajo and Pueblo peoples made by trickling fine colored sand, pollen, or powder onto a base of neutral sand.

2. The art of making designs with colored sand.

sand painting

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a type of painting done by American Indians, esp in the healing ceremonies of the Navaho, using fine coloured sand on a neutral ground

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sand painting - a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background

painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

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painting picture			Mandalas and the ceremonies surrounding their creation have long been a source of healing and protection, similar in ways to the ancient tradition of sand paintings used in Navajo healing ceremonies. SANTA FE BLESSING by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Think about graffiti artists who spray paint walls that they know will be covered over or Buddhist monks making intricate mandala sand paintings that will be swept up at a closing ceremony. Here today gone tomorrow by Eike, Claire / ChildArt Four of her murals and three of her sand paintings grace the Antelope Valley Indian Museum. PORTRAIT ARTIST BACK TO WIELD HER BRUSH by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			sand dune sand eel Sand flag sand flea Sand flood Sand fluke sand fly Sand gall Sand grass sand grouse Sand hill sand hopper Sand hornet sand lance Sand lark sand launce sand leek sand lily sand lizard sand martin Sand mole Sand monitor Sand mouse sand myrtle sand painting sand paintings Sand partridge sand pear sand phlox Sand picture Sand pike Sand pillar Sand pipe sand prey Sand pride Sand pump sand rat sand reed Sand rock Sand runner sand sage Sand saucer Sand screw sand sedge sand shark sand shrimp Sand skink Sand skipper Sand smelt sand snake Sand snipe			Sand lances Sand Land Sand Lark sand launce sand leek sand levee sand lily sand line sand lizard sand lizards sand load sand lobe Sand Lucerne Sand Lucerne Sand Lucerne Sand Marten Sand Marten sand martin sand martin sand martins sand martins sand mill Sand Mobility Enhancement Kit Sand mole Sand monitor Sand mouse sand myrtle sand painting sand painting sand painting sand paintings Sand paper Sand paper Sand Partridge sand pavement sand pear Sand perch Sand perch Sand perch sand phlox Sand picture Sand pike Sand pike sand pile Sand pillar Sand pipe Sand pipe Sand pit Sand pit sand plain sand plate sand pocket Sand Point Arts & Cultural Exchange Sand Point Municipal Airport sand prey Sand pride Sand pump Sand pump Sand Puppy Sand Puppy Sand Puppy

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sand painting (redirected from sand paintings)

sand painting
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