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The Huntsville Museum of Art
is presenting "The Mystical Arts of Tibet" through May 6, 2001.
This impressive exhibit includes 30 personal objects To understand the history of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people, be sure and take time to watch the 45-minute video in the exhibition rooms. Another plus to this exhibit was the chance for the public to witness a team of Buddhist monks constructing a sacred mandala sand painting--one of the most unique and exquisite expressions of Tibetan art. The mandala is formed with traditional iconography art that includes geometric shapes and a multitude of ancient symbols and is used as a spiritual tool for re-consecrating the earth and its inhabitants.
Thursday nights from 5-9 p.m. the museum is open to the public with free admission. The Unity Church on the Mountain is sponsoring a concert of sacred music and sacred dance for world healing with the famed multiphonic singers of Drepung Loseling Monastery on March 31, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. at the Von Braun Concert Hall.
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of H.H. the Dalai Lama, who
won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and is the revered leader of the Tibetan
people; 54 ancient and sacred pieces from Drepung Loseling, Tibet's largest
monastery and home of the early Dalai Lamas; and 24 contemporary pieces made in
India and Nepal.
On
display for the first time in the West are 11th to 15th century bronzes,
17th-century watercolor paintings, ancient ritual objects and altar pieces, and
18th-century manuscripts hand-copied in ink made from pure gold.
