sand painting

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von sand painting im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Relevante Übersetzungen

sandpainting

Type of art practiced among the Navajo and Pueblo Indians and among Tibetan Buddhists. Sandpaintings are stylized, symbolic pictures (in Tibet, mandalas) prepared by trickling small quantities of crushed, coloured sandstone, charcoal, or pollen on a background of clean smoothed sand. The pictures may include representations of deities, cosmic worlds, animals, lightning, rainbows, plants, and other symbols described in chants that accompany various religious and healing rites

Silbentrennung

sand paint·ing

Türkische aussprache

sänd peyntîng

Aussprache

/ˈsand ˈpāntəɴɢ/ /ˈsænd ˈpeɪntɪŋ/