“Duoma Bandan”
1 min read“Duoma Bandan”refers to wooden intaglio molds for making special
“Duoma(offerings).”They differed in shapes, such as planks, four-side sticks and six-side sticks, and with carvings of all kinds of ritual vessels, offerings, talismans, deities, and birds and animals. It is believed that before Buddhism was introduced to the snow-covered plateau, Bon religion sacrificed livestock during worship. After the integration ofBuddhism and the Bon religion, the way of worship needed to be changed to avoid killing animals. Therefore, people began to make zanba(a kind of dough made with roasted highland qingke barley flour and yak butterwith water）in the shape of animals，or engraved animal patterns with.
“Duoma Bandan”instead.With a long history，”Duoma Bandan”has become a unique kind of Tibetan woodcarving art.Fine woodcarving molds are excellent artworks themselves.
