Source: Atlas Obscura
Butter might seem like an unlikely artistic medium. But in some Tibetan Buddhist traditions, sculptors shape yak butter that’s been colored with mineral pigments into flowers, animals, and meaningful symbols such as the dharma wheel. The sculptures, known as torma, are often made by Buddhist monks, nuns, and laity for prayer festivals and the Tibetan New Year, also known as Losar.
The butter art is an essential part of the New Year’s Butter Lamp Festival, when the streets outside Buddhist…
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