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Published: 2008-02-27 20:52:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 197; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 5
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Tibetan monks creating a sand mandala. I took a sand mandala class two years ago from a visiting monk, and it's so incredibly hard to do. The sand is put inside the brass funnel-ish tool, and you brush another piece of metal along a ridge, which compels the sand to come out, just a little at a time. I'm proud of this pic, because you wouldn't believe how many it took to come out well. But then again, maybe you can >.>#2 in my series from the Tibetan monk tour.
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You should be proud of this one! 
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Ah, thank you muchly! This one was quite difficult. The monks take very little notice of cameras in their vicinity, so they're always working, yet always natural. It was a challenge, at the very least.
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Yeah, I can imagine it would be really tough to time a shot properly, but at least you don't have to worry about them posing
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Indeed, lol. It works out in the end.
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It's so small... After looking at that first picture, I expected it to be bigger for some reason...
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That's when they were starting out, only the first or second day... I'll be posting later additions until the whole thing is finished. And it's huge.
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oh wow! OwO Amazing <3 You even caught the motion
Phew, that does look hard to do @_@ I wouldn't want to try it
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Lol, the class was five hours, and virtually one-on-one, and yet I never got how they made those perfect ridges. 0.o XDD
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I guess with tons and tons of practice maybe? XD;;
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@.@! geez...that's a long time XD;;
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That's to get to the point where you don't mess up. X3
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