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Two masked dancers represent the battle of good and evil. |
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The dance of the battle of good and evil. A dancer's mask helps her to
portray a deity who is understood to take residence in her body during the
ceremony. |
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A dancer representing a fierce deity which represents evil. |
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Nuns in monastic robes chant a ceremonial prayer. |
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Nuns perform prayers of dedication before a completed sand mandala
which rests in the Danna Center Gallery of Loyola University just before
its final dissolution. |
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Nuns collect the colored sand for dispersal. |
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Nuns carefully remove the last traces of colored sand from the tracing
board. Each grain has been made sacred through its association with the
mandalas construction. |
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Nuns perform the concluding rites for dissolving the sand mandala as
they prepare to transport the sand out of the gallery. |
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Nuns conclude the dissolution ritual next to the altar which has
been set up in the gallery. |
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Preparing to process from the gallery to Audobon Park. |
