We wandered around the gardens of the art museum looking at the interesting statues. When we went to go inside it was too late. The proprietor was going across the street to a Buddhist blessing of a sand painting. We decided to go too. On the other side of the street were these bird houses.
Buddhist monks blessing a sand painting or mandela that had taken about three days to create.
The monks are in exile from their native Tibet. The coloured sand was then swept with small whisks into a mixed mound. The monks distributed it to people in small baggies or into an empty film canister if the person had one. Please help support the Pullman Kids web site by purchasing books about New Mexico from our children's book store. We have listed picture books and novels for children there.