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29-NOV-2009 Marjan Schavemaker

Preparing a frame for a Thangka

Kathmandu, Nepal

Thangka is a banner painted or embroidered which is usually hung in a monastery or a furnace bridge of family and range by spangled in the ceremonious processions. In Tibetan the word “Than” means the apartment and the suffix “ka” represents painting. Thangka Paintings are a kind of painting made on the surface punt but to the top from which can be rolled once unnecessary for posting. The most common form of Thangka is the upright rectangular form. One also finds the horizontal paintings probably influenced by the format of the Chinese horizontal rollers of hand.

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