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	Science Fair Projects - Sandpainting
		Sandpainting is practiced by Native Americans in the Southwestern United States, by Tibetan monks, by Australian Aborigines, and some are known to be made by Latin Americans on certain Christian holy days.
		In the sandpainting of southwestern Native Americans (the most famous of which are the Navajo), the Medicine Man (or Singer) paints loosely upon the ground, or on some occasions, on a buckskin or cloth tarp, by letting the colored sands flow through his fingers with control and skill.
		The ritual of sandpainting is usually done in a sequence which is termed a chant, lasting from five to nine days, but never less than three days, and for which a different and new sandpainting was made for each day.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Sandpainting (655 words)

	Sandpainting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sandpainting is practiced by Native Americans in the Southwestern United States, by Tibetan monks, by Australian Aborigines, and some are known to be made by Latin Americans on certain Christian holy days.
		In the sandpainting of southwestern Native Americans (the most famous of which are the Navajo), the Medicine Man (or Singer) paints loosely upon the ground, or on some occasions, on a buckskin or cloth tarp, by letting the colored sands flow through his fingers with control and skill.
		The ritual of sandpainting is usually done in a sequence which is termed a chant, lasting from five to nine days, but never less than three days, and for which a different and new sandpainting was made for each day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandpainting (545 words)

	Navajo sandpaintings
		Sandpaintings are an indispensable part of Navajo healing rituals, as well as a teaching device and artistic statement in their permanent forms (woven rugs and board-mounted).
		Sandpaintings can be anywhere from one to twenty feet in diameter, or six to eight feet square; the largest ones can keep a dozen or more apprentices busy for most of a day.
		The technique of weaving sandpaintings is difficult and complex, and added to that is the necessity of appeals to the Holy People by the weaver to protect her from the danger of Navajo taboos.
	msms.essortment.com /navajosandpaint_rjrl.htm (1310 words)

	navajo sandpainting - jasonwaltman.com
		Sandpainting, a religious, ceremonial art form made popular by the Navajo tribe, has survived the opposition and its influences can be noticed in today's culture.
		She talks about the Indian word for sandpainting, "iikáah," which means "the place where the gods come and go," and references a finished piece as a temporary altar that attracts holy people ("Drypainting" 170).
		Permanent sandpainting development was a difficult process that came as result of Navajos who were trying to preserve culture and traders who were trying to expand the Navajo market.
	www.jasonwaltman.com /papers/sandpainting.html (2827 words)

	Indian Sandpainting of the Southwest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sandpainting is a very old Southwest Indian Art in which the Medicine Man "paints" loosely upon the ground, or, on some occasions, upon buckskin or cloth, by letting the sands flow with control and skill through his sensitized fingers.
		Because of the sacred nature of this ceremony, the sandpainting is begun, finished, used, and destroyed within a twelve hour period, and is therefore virtually unknown except in the Southwest.
		There are two definite types of sandpaintings, those that belong to the rhythm of the night and those that belong to the rhythm of the day.
	www.naturegraph.com /indian/in-gen/Indian_S.html (209 words)

	Twin Rocks Trading Post - Certificate of Authenticity
		Opinions vary as to when the sandpainting becomes sacred:some chanters believe the sand is sacred the moment it is brought into the hogan; others say that the sandpainting is not sacred until it has been sprinkled with corn pollen and blessed with a prayer.
		Sandpaintings thus serve as an integral part of elaborate Navajo healing or blessing ceremonies that are conducted for a patient or petitioner.
		Sandpaintings of five Chantways are represented in Klah's and his niece's weavings, including 49 tapestries from Night Chant, 9 from Hail Chant, 10 from Shooting Chant and 1 each from Mountainway and Eagleway Chant.
	www.twinrocks.com /certificate.php?id_prd=3051 (8958 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		In the sandpainting of southwestern Native Americans (the most famous of which are the Navajo), the Medicine Man (or HataÅii) paints loosely upon the ground of a hogan, where the ceremony takes place, or on a buckskin or cloth tarp, by letting the colored sands flow through his fingers with control and skill.
		Afterwards, the sandpainting has done its duty, and is then considered to be toxic, since the illness is absorbed into it.
		The ceremony involving sandpaintings are usually done in sequences, termed 'chants', lasting a certain number of days depending on the ceremony, and for which a fresh, new sandpainting is made for each day.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=sandpainting (850 words)

	Sandpaintings
		The sandpaintings ['iikááh] with which you are familiar are only small, incomplete renditions of the sandpaintings ['iikááh] used by the Navajo in their ceremonials.
		Sandpaintings (or better, drypaintings) ['iikááh] are an essential part of Navajo ceremonials [Diné binahagha'], and, as such, are sacred.
		The sandpainting ['iikááh] is oriented so that the top is at the east [ha'a'aah] and is surrounded by a guardian on the other three [táá'] sides.
	www.hanksville.org /voyage/navajo/sandpaintings.php3 (1814 words)

	Sandpainting Background Information
		The sandpainting is part of traditional ceremonies to restore this balance or harmony once disturbed.
		The quality of a sandpainting is determined by the fineness and uniformity of the sand, the complexity of the design and the skill of the artist in producing even, straight uniform lines.
		Sandpaintings should be protected from excessive moisture but are generally not affect by sunlight.
	www.ajadica.com /interest/sandpaintings.asp (599 words)

	Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sandpaintings are important to Navajo ceremonies and are sacred.
		In most ceremonies the sandpaintings are created on the floor of the hogan in fine sand.
		The sandpainting is made for the ailing person who then has contact with the sandpainting.
	library.thinkquest.org /TQ0311880/Navajo/sandpaintings.html (172 words)

	Mary Chelan - Cochiti Pueblo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This Navajo sandpainting, Male and Female Yeis with Sacred Corn, is 15 inches on a side.
		This Navajo sandpainting, "Sun with Sacred plants," is 7 1/2 inches wide and 13 1/2 inches tall.
		This Navajo sandpainting, Sun and Eagle (Pollen Boy on the Sun), is 14 inches on a side.
	www.penfieldgallery.com /sandpaint/sand.php (1047 words)

	Flamming Arrow Gathering Circle
		Navajo sandpaintings are encountered in two forms: the first is in the traditional healing or blessing ceremony conducted by a singer or medicine man, a hataalii.
		Regardless of which origin of the sandpainting one alludes to, one fact is clear, each is transitory, it is a specific rendering of a religious art form that is destroyed upon its completion.
		The Navajo name for sandpainting, iikaah, translates to "place where gods come and go." This is the most appropriate in that if all activities were performed correctly, if the belief in the cure is present then the way is prepared for the forces or Holy People to intercede and restore the patients hozho, or balance.
	www.msnusers.com /flammingarrowgatheringcircle/navajosandpainting.msnw (2106 words)

	Navajo sandpainting article by Lee Anderson - Americana Indian Traders
		Regardless of the sandpainting’s origin, one fact is clear: It is transitory, a specific rendering of a religious art form that is destroyed upon completion.
		The sandpainting can be quite small or as large as 20 feet, which means that several men and women would be needed to finish it in the allotted day.
		Sandpainting as an art was first seen in tapestries and later in paintings and drawings.
	www.americana.net /sandpaintings_article.html (3075 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mandala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In practice, mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart or geometric pattern which represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically, a microcosm of the universe from the human perspective.
		Sandpainting is the art of painting ritual paintings for religious or healing ceremonies.
		The various aspects of the traditionally fixed design represent symbolically the objects of worship and contemplation of the Tibetan Buddhist cosmology.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mandala (3879 words)

	Paintings by IndianSummer Native American Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Early sandpaintings were pre- pared by medicine men or "shamans" who performed a ceremony for a patient or told a story with the sands he used depicting various healings or teachings.
		The sandpaintings were done on the ground, many times with a patient or afflicted person sitting within the painting being done.
		The sandpainting is traditionally done by transferring small grains of sand from the hand onto the wood.
	www.indiansummer.com /paint3.htm (470 words)

	Lesson 6_Solon Rhodes
		The sandpaintings of the Navaho Indians are said to be a temporary resting place for the Holy Ones and are used in rituals that a medicine man or singer/chanter called a “hataali” conduct and the myths of the Holy Ones are kept alive by his songs.
		Sandpainting is at the center of these complex ceremonies and generally is used in their major healing ceremonies.
		The Navaho word for sandpainting is “place where the gods come and go” and it has been used in ceremony for healing by medicine men for centuries (1983: 1).
	www.angelfire.com /music5/art54/lesson6.html (1305 words)

	Wide Ruins Traders Navajo Weavings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sandpainting style weavings are based upon ceremonial sandpaintings, and are usually square in shape.
		Sandpainting style rugs portray the spiritual realm of the Navajo people, and are therefore somewhat controversial amongst weavers.
		Sandpainting rugs are very rare and thus, are very expensive Navajo weavings.
	www.rugtrader.com /styles/sandpaint.htm (110 words)

	Sandpainting Textiles
		Navajo Sandpainting Textiles The Navajo term for sandpainting is iikaah, "place where the gods come and go." Since sandpaintings are employed in ceremonies designed to summon supernatural forces, it is important for the viewer to approach the subject with the understanding that sandpaintings represent graphic and sacred renderings of the Navajo's religious world.
		The first sandpainting rug was woven in Chaco Canyon in 1896 at the request of a gentleman on the Wetherill Expedition (Wheat 1976: 48).
		When the demand for Klah's sandpainting weavings exceeded what he could produce, he enlisted the aid of his two nieces, supervising their weaving and protecting them by singing over them (Wyman, 1983: 265).
	www.twinrocks.com /print_legend.php?legend_id=164 (2122 words)

	Sandpainting By John W. Healy from Teaching K-8
		Sandpainting is very much a part of the heritage and culture of the Navajo Indians of the American southwest.
		As the ceremony came to a close, the sandpainting would be destroyed as part of this ritual.
		Sandpainting has come a long way from its traditional roots and can now be shared by all those who love to create art.
	www.teachingk-8.com /archives/art_curriculum_that_works/sandpainting_by_john_w_healy.html (720 words)

	Art of the Southwest: Sandpaintings of the Navajo
		In the accompanying sandpainting, the Mountain Gods are depicted as they taught the hero the use of the bow and arrow for hunting and defense.
		After the patient is treated, members of the audience may come up to the sandpainting and daub sand on themselves, thus partaking in the curing ceremony and bringing harmony to their own person.
		Yet it was the Singers who eventually broke with the traditions, to a very limited extent, and began to allow transcription of the designs to paper and hides, primarily to have a teaching aid, and a record to pass on to future generations.
	www.canyonart.com /sandrugs.htm (3224 words)

	Grey Dog Trading Company - Navajo sandpaintings
		The art form often alters ceremonial sandpaintings in subtle ways, as the ones done on the ground for religious purposes are destroyed, and the artist does not want to offend the yeíis by presenting an exact replica.
		In this sandpainting, there is a small "Big Star" in the center (the equilateral cross), which Joe says is the "son of Big Star." The twelve stars running across the sandpainting represent the 12 months of the son's life, indicating that he is one year old.
		The blue and fl "bars" are day and night respectively, and the white bar is the dawn, which "holds them together." In addition, these bars cleverly form part of the warp of a Navajo weaving in the style of a "Chief's Blanket," while concurrently representing the son's blanket.
	www.graydogtrading.com /sandpaintings.htm (785 words)

	THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE: NAVAJO SAND PAINTINGS
		Sandpaintings help restore hózhó, an idea related to such concepts as "beauty," "blessing," "holy," and "balanced." But this middle ground is difficult to maintain and may vanish because of witchcraft or the violation of a taboo.
		Sandpainting compositions are laid out in three basic patterns: linear, extended-center, and radial.
		The ceremony climaxes when the Singer seats the patient directly on the sandpainting, rubbing pigments from the bodies of painted figures onto corresponding parts of the patient's body so, as a Nightway chant says, "life is restored in beauty"—the beauty of hózhó.
	www.collectorsguide.com /fa/fa083.shtml (1132 words)

	Navajo Sandpainting (Healing Art)
		In addition, the sandpainters use pollen, cornmeal, and crushed flower petals to achieve a great variety of colors, according to the instructions of the gods.
		Each Sandpainting must be created within a 10-hour period: sun-up to sun-down and vice versa, and each completes a different part of the sequence.
		The chanting and Sandpainting rituals have a miraculous effect on the patient.
	www.anthro4n6.net /navajosandpainting (1158 words)

	KMA - Hispanic Crafts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The sandpainting was usually scooped up into a container with some of it placed under a patient’s bed, some of it sprinkled in a corral or cornfield, or some of it scattered to the winds.
		The word used to designate sandpainting in Navajo is ‘iikááh, which literally translates to "they [the gods] come, as into an enclosure." Traditional thinking warns that the power of the Holy People who are called to the sandpainting may be harmful—causing blindness, paralysis, unwantedpregnancy, or spontaneous abortionif there is no ceremonial need for the painting.
		Newcomb recorded approximately five-hundred sandpainting images, all from memory, since she was not allowed to draw or paint during the ceremonies.
	cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu /museum/hostspi.htm (434 words)

	HOZHONJI - BLESSING CHANT
		The first three sandpaintings illustrated are not used now, for the ceremony has become shortened so that it consists of an evening of singing and ceremonial bathing, the making of the sandpainting in the morning of the next day and singing all that night.
		On the second day the second sandpainting was made nearer the Hogahn and east of it, and on the third day the third sandpainting was made outside the door of the Hogahn, and then the fourth sandpainting was made in the Hogahn and west of the fire as it is today.
		The sandpainting is piled together and the patient sleeps on it for four nights, then he carries it out and puts it in the desert.
	www.sacred-texts.com /nam/nav/ncm/ncm6.htm (2366 words)

	Native American Crafts - Sandpainting
		It would not be proper to try and duplicate the religious symbols the Native Californian used for their sandpaintings, so please design your own masterpiece.
		As students are creating their sandpaintings they should be thinking about a story or song that would be told/song at the ceremony.
		Once the sandpainting ceremony is over the painting is traditionally destroyed.
	www.classbrain.com /artmission/publish/sandpainting.shtml (260 words)

	World Philosophy (PHIL 102) Course notes: Native American Philosophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These colors are symbolically associated with the directions : white with the dawn and the east, blue with the midday sky and the south, yellow with evening twilight and the west, and fl with the night sky and the north.
		The sandpainting is oriented so that the top is at the east and is surrounded by a guardian on the other three sides.
		It is important to note that the process itself of creating a sandpainting contributes to the healing because the act of drawing such symmetrical, orderly images focuses the thoughts of everyone present on the principles of balance and order.
	www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us /longview/socsci/philosophy/world/sandpainting.htm (545 words)

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