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Friday, February 12, 2010
  [yak sku] Dunhuang dance - singing bowls prayer beads malas and tibetan buddhist thangkas

Dunhuang, an ancient city in Gansu Province, Western China, was the gateway to what was called the "Silk Road" leading to Central Asia and Europe. The Silk Road or Silk Route refers to not one but many routes of trade and cultural and religious exchange extending from China, through Central Asia, to the Middle East and Western Europe. Dunhuang is world famous for its artistic sculpture statues and fresco paintings of

Chinese dance has its own unique vocabulary, meanings, and ordered structure that enable a dancer to fully express his thoughts and feelings with ease and grace.

 

Tradition
The art of Chinese dance traces its origins to a time before the appearance of the first written Chinese characters. A study of ceramic artifacts with depictions


singing bowls prayer beads malas and tibetan buddhist thangkas, yak sku, coral and bone tibetian necklace, armband mit kupfer und leder

 
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