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VISUAL ARTS : BEACONSFIELD PS
MANDALAS
by Year 6
(Installed 22/12/ 2000)
Emma
An aid to Meditation
GraceW.
A Sanskrit word
meaning circle.
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Jessie
Most commonly associated with Tibet and India,
mandalas have been used by many cultures across time.–Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas.
–Navajo Indians also use sand mandalas.
–The Rose Window in a Christian Church.
–The Hindu Mandala-Yantra.
–The Aborigines use the circle as an important symbol in their drawings.
–Ancient labyrinths in the natural environment.
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