Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: The cacophony of their instruments would break in and it would feel like a gust of wind hit your body ... it was very empowering and you could feel the various spirits resonating to their call . Near the end one of the monks came forward with his Dorje and bell and then disrupted the mandala using four lines in the four quarters and then again in the cross - quarters . This seemed to break the magic of it and after a final chant they simply swept it up . 
Question: What material was the mandala made out of ?
Output (English): The mandala was made with colored sand .