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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">sand paintings</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>sand painting</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>sand painters</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>sandpainting rugs</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>religious visual works</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>paintings by material or technique</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>dry paintings</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>drypaintings</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>earth pictures</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ground paintings</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>paintings, sand</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sand altars</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sand mosaics</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sand painting</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sand-paintings</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sandpainting</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sandpaintings</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Designs created by pouring colored sands, powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, or pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed or unfixed image. They are often made on the ground or the floor rather than on a separate support. Unfixed sand paintings are created or used in religious and healing rituals by various groups, including Navajo, Pueblo, and Zuni in North America, Australian Aborigines, Tibetans, Japanese, and Hindus in various nations. Sand paintings may be fixed, often with works of relatively small size for sale to the tourist trade.  ]]></note></mads>