360° Reportage
Nepal: Magic Sand Mandalas33 min
Available until 02/07/2026
09/11/2024
In Nepal, in the Thrangu Tara monastery near Kathmandu, nuns have the privilege of creating sand mandalas, intricate geometric configurations of symbols, painstakingly assembled from grains of sand. These astonishingly beautiful creations are destroyed to remind Buddhists of the transitory nature of all things.
Director
Andrea Oster
Country
Germany
Year
2024
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