I call this #lightdance ☆● #surreal #photography #abstract #ritualdance #mandala I found out that in buddhisim this might be 'Dissolution Ceremony Light Dance' The sand mandala is swept toward the center representing return to the elements thus spreading #healing throughout the world.

‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple - Buddhistdoor Global Joseph Houseal explores spiritual dance in the "Shaker" community of Maine.

BDG feature: ‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple

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#Buddhism #Dance #BuddhistDance #Cham #RitualDance #CeremonialDance #SpiritualDance #Maine #Shaker #Christian #USBCSA

Challenge: Hows your Zulu History? Lets Talk Shaka Zulu Shaka is stabbed while taking part in a ritual dance. After his recovery, he mistakenly believes he was given eternal youth. Which one of Lt. Farwells careless actions leads Shaka to believe this lie? . Resurrecting a village woman . Revealing Shaka to himself in a mirror. the application of maccasa oil on Shakas hair . Helping Shaka to defeat his enemies in battle with pistols and rifles

Challenge: Hows your Zulu History? Lets Talk Shaka Zulu: Shaka is stabbed while taking part in a ritual dance. After his recovery, he mistakenly believes he was given eternal youth. Which one of Lt. Farwells careless actions leads Shaka… #DanQuinn #stabbedwhile #whiletaking #ritualdance #danceAfter

Challenge: Hows your Zulu History? Lets Talk Shaka Zulu Shaka is stabbed while taking part in a ritual dance. After his recovery, he mistakenly believes he was given eternal youth. Which one of Lt. Farwells careless actions leads Shaka to believe this lie? . Resurrecting a village woman . Revealing Shaka to himself in a mirror. the application of maccasa oil on Shakas hair . Helping Shaka to defeat his enemies in battle with pistols and rifles

Challenge: Hows your Zulu History? Lets Talk Shaka Zulu: Shaka is stabbed while taking part in a ritual dance. After his recovery, he mistakenly believes he was given eternal youth. Which one of Lt. Farwells careless actions leads… #MichaelJackson #stabbedwhile #whiletaking #ritualdance #danceAfter

Ancient Dances Today - Buddhistdoor Global Joseph Houseal's presentation for Buddhistdoor Global’s 30th Anniversary Symposium in Vancouver on 3–4 September 2025

BDG feature: Ancient Dances Today

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#Buddhism #BuddhistDance #SacredDance #RitualDance #Dance #Ballet #ModernDance #Zen

This anthrozoomorphic mask stands out for the richness of its iconography, incorporating expressive zoomorphic attributes: animal horns, simian-like snout, and omnipresent tubular eyes. These eyes symbolize an absolute vigilance-essential to the mask's role in Guéré society. Used in rituals to identify wrongdoers or restore communal order, this type of mask embodied supernatural justice. Its powerful visual language, balancing human figuration and animal borrowings, reinforces the aura of authority and mystery inherent to these mediating figures.

Dance mask
wood, old brown patina
late 19th century
Guere people
Ivory Coast

#tribalart #guerepeople #carved #handmade #mask #gueremask #dancemask #africanmask #africanart #tribalart #tribalmask #art #ritual #protection #fertility #initiation #ritualdance #culture #religion

Messengers of Mind, Cultural Explorers and the Encounter with Buddhism, Part One: A Gallery of Explorers - Buddhistdoor Global Joseph Houseal explores the adventurer-scholars, mystic-wanderers, and artist-seekers behind the West's early exposures to Buddhism.

BDG feature: Messengers of Mind, Cultural Explorers and the Encounter with Buddhism, Part One: A Gallery of Explorers

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#Buddhism #TibetanBuddhism #BuddhistCulture #BuddhistDance #BuddhistHistory #Tibet #TibetanCulture #SacredDance #RitualDance #Vajrayana

The red warrior skirt is live in the Wings of Sin collection.
#bellydancer #fusiondancer #bellydancecostume #ritualdance

The Double Slit Warrior Skirt, a timeless piece from the Wings of Sin collection, has been casting its spell in black for over a decade. Now, it’s back in a fiery, vibrant red, ready to summon your inner power. #bellydance #fusiondancer #bellydancer #gothicbellydance #ritualdance

Sometimes being a Rev. #Priestess requires me to spend hours listening to #music to find the right songs for my #ritualdance and #movementceremonies such as #guidedmeditationdance

The Pamo (Heroines) of Karma Drubdey Nunnery - Buddhistdoor Global Karen Greenspan visits Karma Drubdey Nunnery in central Bhutan, where female monastics are manifesting the rich heritage of cham ritual Buddhist dance

BDG feature: The Pamo (Heroines) of Karma Drubdey Nunnery

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#buddhism #nepal #bhutan #india #tibet #vajrayana #tibetanbuddhism #cham #buddhistdance #buddhistpractice #womenempowerment #buddhistnuns #buddhistculture #buddhistheritage #women #ritualdance