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Thread Art to be Cast Away

When people conduct scapegoat rituals called lue and an effigy is cast away with token of various things, thread art is used to decorate the effigy as a representation of celestial mansion. The thread art is erected on a dough and the effigy is cast away at a crossroad according to the ritual.

Names
  • འཕངས་མདོས། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > Thread Art to be Cast Away (English, Latin script, Translation)
    • > 'phangs mdos (Dzongkha, Latin script, THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
    • > pang dö (Dzongkha, Latin script, THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
Subject ID: S7505