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单词 sand painting
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sand painting


noun

the ceremonial practice among Navaho and Pueblo Indians of creating symbolic designs on a flat surface with varicolored sand.
the designs so made.

Origin of sand painting

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Words nearby sand painting

S&M, sandman, sand martin, sand myrtle, Sandor, sand painting, sandpaper, sandpapery, sand pear, sand perch, sand pile
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Example sentences from the Web for sand painting

  • Wolden especially mourned a Navajo sand-painting, which he compared to Goya.

    Hunters Out of Space|Joseph Everidge Kelleam
  • When you mentioned the sand-painting and the cave, you evidently gave them just the clues they needed.

    Dan Carter and the Great Carved Face|Mildred A. Wirt

British Dictionary definitions for sand painting

sand painting

noun

a type of painting done by American Indians, esp in the healing ceremonies of the Navaho, using fine coloured sand on a neutral ground
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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