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sand painting

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sand painting

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

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism
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sand painting  
n.  
  1. A ceremonial design of the Navajo and Pueblo peoples made by trickling fine colored sand, pollen, or powder onto a base of neutral sand.

  2. The art of making designs with colored sand.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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