A Day at the Rubin Museum

Yesterday I celebrated the Himalayan New Year at the Rubin Museum.
I got to do lots of activites. First, I made a mini prayer flag. I had to place a piece of paper over a stencil and gently rub it with a crayon. I did that about five times. When I was done I taped the pieces of paper onto a string and wore as you can see on the image below. After that, I helped make a mandala, which is a design that symbolizes the universe. Also, there were monks that made a mandala out of colored sand. After four hours they finished. That is when they blew the sand away to symbolize the non-permanence of the universe. Finally, we made butter sculptures or tormas that were actually made out of clay. I made a horse-eater which is a mix of an ant-eater and a horse. This is all for "A Day at the Rubin Museum."

Maria Paula and I making butter sculptures

Monk making mandala