Mandala Arts

351. Los Angeles Times – January 11, 1992 DANCE REVIEW Contraband Trio Explores Male Bonding in ‘Mandala’ In “Mandala, ” three men from the Bay Area performance collective Contraband explore male identity through text and dance, with special emphasis on the influence of their fathers. Presented through Sunday at Highways in Santa Monica, the hourlong piece shows Keith Hennessy, Jess Curtis and Jules Beckman swooping through high-velocity movement challenges derived from contact improvisation, periodically pausing to drum or sing or explain how their fathers failed… 352. Daily News, The (McKeesport, PA) – July 16, 2009 Room for improvement, Though it has its shortcomings the new ‘Mandala’ is a very good CD Still, RX Bandits have shown in the past that they’re capable of better RX BANDITS, “Mandala” (Sargent House) PPP – My first exposure to the RX Bandits came two summers ago at the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. After seeing their blistering set, which featured plenty of material from their excellent 2006 release “And the Battle Begun. ” I had high hopes for “Mandala, ” the California-based outfit’s fifth studio release and while it is a very good album, I think… 353. Asia Pulse – November 6, 2008 Asia Pulse: MANDALA AIR TO GO AHEAD WITH PROCUREMENT OF 30 AIRBUS AIRCRAFT $all $id $air $trn JAKARTA, Nov 6 Asia Pulse – Mandala Airlines has said it will not postpone a plan to procure 30 units of Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft at a price of US$1. 8 billion, despite the global financial crisis. Chief Executive of Mandala Warwick Brady said delivery of the aircraft will begin 2010 to serve domestic and international flights. Brady said the 30 units are part of a purchasing package of 300 units of Airbus aircraft by Indigo Partners to strengthen its fleets… 354. – May 22, 2008 Acton monks teach art of compassion The only sound in the busy corridor at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School was the steady grating of metal funnels as two Buddhist monks painstakingly arranged grains of sand into a symbolic pattern called a mandala. Tiny grains of colored sand fell softly from the tip of a long metal funnel as a monk controlled the flow by rubbing an identical tool along its side. Concentrating on the elaborate design that swirled outward from the lotus blossom in the center, the monk bent over his work… . 355. Hindu, The (Madras, India) – December 26, 2006 The Hindu: Sabarimala Mandala puja tomorrow The Mandala puja at the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala will be held at 12. 30 p. m. on Wednesday. The heavy flow of pilgrims to Sabarimala continued for the third consecutive day on Monday, The police continued to block the pilgrims, using thick ropes, at Sabaripeetom, Marakkottom and Saramkuthi as part of the crowd control mechanism on Monday. Thanka Anki The procession carrying the Thanka Anki will reach Pampa on Tuesday, after a night halt at the Sastha Temple in… 356. Jakarta Post, The (Indonesia) – October 5, 2006 The Jakarta Post: With new leadership, Mandala plans to operate 10 more aircraft from THE JAKARTA POST — THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2006 — PAGE 3 With its new management in place, local company Mandala Airlines plans to start flying 10 more planes by 2007 to tap into the country’s growing air transportation market “We are leasing four new Airbus 320s from a European company and will deploy the planes in the middle of this month, ” Mandala spokesperson Alex Widjojo told The Jakarta Post He said the airline, which is now jointly owned by… 357. – June 19, 2006 ‘MESMERIZED & ENTRANCED, TIBETAN MONKS SCATTER SYMBOL OF HEALING TO WORLD AFTER A WEEK IN SAVANNAH More than a thousand thronged the Jepson Center for the Arts Sunday afternoon to witness the destruction of a Buddhist symbol of healing, wisdom and compassion. Nine Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery spent the week creating a “medicine Buddha mandala, ” a painting made by dropping grains of brilliantly colored sand, one at a time, onto a complicated geometric pattern. Sunday, the monks held a closing ceremony in which the stunning work of art… 358. Asia Pulse – February 26, 2006 INDONESIA’S CARDIG AIR TO TAKE OVER MANDALA AIRLINES Air cargo transport company PT Cardig Air is almost certain to take over control of PT Mandala Airlines, now 90 per cent owned by Yayasan Dharma Putra, a foundation of the Army Strategic Command (Kostrad). Mandala chief spokesman Alex Widjojo said negotiations are progressing now about the price and number of shares and a deal is expected to be signed soon on 95 per cent of the shares. Mandala already received advanced payment from Cardig Air, the… 359. Antara (Indonesia) – September 9, 2005 Antara – The Indonesian National News Agency: MANDALA AIRCRAFT DEBRIS REMOVED FROM CRASH SITE AT NIGHT Medan, Sep 9 (ANTARA) – The rubble and debris of the Mandala Airlines Boeing 737-200 strewn in the area of Jalan Jamin Ginting, Medan Selayang subdistrict, had been collected and removed at 10. 30 pm using two excanators and a very large lorry. The yellow heavy equipment moved quickly in pulling and breaking the fuselage of the ill-fated Mandala plane, ANTARA reported from Medan. The Mandala airliner went down on Jalan Jamin Ginting, Medan, on Monday (Sep 5) at 9. 45 am, killing 145 people… 360. – September 2, 2004 TIBETAN MONKS MAKE MANDALA Tibetan monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery are creating a mandala (sand painting) during four days of a residency at Olin Library at Wesleyan University in Middletown. The design of the mandala was recommended by the Dalai Lama for a sand painting in Washington after Sept. 11, 2001. When the Wesleyan mandala is finished, the monks will sweep up the sand and lead a procession to the Connecticut River, where they will distribute the remains to promote world healing. The construction of…

… 381. – July 25, 1995 obit1. Sam Mandala A Mass for Sam Mandala, 81, of Springfield will be offered at 9:15 a. m. Thursday in St. James Church, Springfield. The funeral will be from the Galante Funeral Home, 2800 Morris Ave. , Union. ‘Mr. Mandala, who died Sunday in the Overlook Hospital, Summit, was an auto body repairman for 45 years with Central Auto Body Co. in Newark before retiring 21 years ago. ‘Mr. Mandala was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Rhineland and Central… 382. (Madison, WI) – July 23, 1995 MANDALA UNDER WAY Construction of a Tibetan sand mandala is under way at the Mahayana Dharma Center southwest of Spring Green in the town of Clyde. Lama Ngawang Chojor, the center’s resident teacher, and Tsering Namgyal of Ithaca, N. Y. , began making the peace-inspired mandala July 7 using fine, brightly colored sand. The construction is open to the public from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. until July 30, when it will be dismantled in a ceremony and carried to the Wisconsin River. A mandala is a… 383. Jakarta Post, The (Indonesia) – April 5, 2008 The Jakarta Post: Mandala Airlines targets 25% more passengers from THE JAKARTA POST — SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008 — PAGE 14 New Airbus airplanes will help Mandala Airlines reach its goal of carrying 25 percent more passengers this year, CEO Warwick Brady said last week “We are planning to invest a total of Rp 1. 8 billion (US$206, 232) on 30 new Airbus airplanes to achieve our 25 percent annual growth of passengers, ” Warwick said Mandala Airlines head Diono Nurjadin said from 2009 the airline would operate with only two types… 384. – December 9, 2007 Arts center offers Mandala class GALVESTON – The Galveston Arts Center announced “The Mandala Project, ” a Mandala creativity class and raffle benefiting the Galveston Arts Center and the Happy Home Orphanage of Kenya. Cherie Ray of Wild Heart Art will guide class participants in the creation of a personal mandala. Wild Heart Art is sponsoring a raffle with proceeds benefiting the arts center and the Happy Home. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the Arts Center. Prizes include… 385. Newcastle Herald (Australia) – May 28, 2007 Never let chants go by in blessing IT took six days to create and as many seconds to undo an intricate sand mandala visiting Tibetan Buddhist monks made in Newcastle City Hall. A daily program of meditation, chanting and sand art began last Monday as part of the fourth Sacred Footsteps Australian tour. About 4000 people watched the six monks arrange bits of dyed, crushed marble into the design, which is dedicated to the Buddhist medicine mandala. The monks led a procession to the Honeysuckle waterfront and scattered… 386. Atherton Tablelander, The (Australia) – November 21, 2006 Glass Mandala completes the hill THE SPECTACULAR 12-metre long Glass Mandala installation was unveiled at the function room on Halloran’s Hill last week, showcasing the work of 65 artists from across the Tablelands. The artists gathered with friends and family for opening celebrations at the site on Sunday, November 12. The three-month leadlight project was funded through the Regional Arts Development Fund under the direction of local artist Christina Bahrdt, who held weekend workshops for free from her… 387. – June 1, 2006 ‘Art Unleashed’ is labor of love WINSTON-SALEM – Laura Lashley’s Magical Mandala Dog proudly stands outside Ollie’s Bakery in Winston-Salem. His rich chocolate hue is accented by Lashley’s signature mandala designs, combining elements of tribal and pop art. Winston-Salem has undergone a dog and cat invasion of sorts, and Lashley’s dog is part of it. Peppered throughout downtown are 46 richly adorned dog and cat statues designed by 41 artists as part of “Art… 388. Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, Australia) – February 27, 2006 Tibetfest’s ocean farewell IT was painstakingly crafted over five days, but yesterday four Tibetan monks dismantled the beautiful sand mandala that had helped bring peace and compassion to Wollongong during the two-week Tibetfest. Monks from the Dalai Lama’s Namgyal monastery in India completed the coloured-sand mandala on Saturday. But yesterday they started the dissolution ceremony by chanting at Wollongong City Gallery before carrying a vase, half full of the coloured sand, to Wollongong City… 389. Jakarta Post, The (Indonesia) – September 29, 2005 The Jakarta Post: Kostrad rebuilds houses wrecked in Mandala crash After losing his house when a Mandala Airlines aircraft slammed into the Padang Bulan residential area in Medan, crash victim M. Nasir can manage a smile now that troops have arrived to start rebuilding the damaged houses. Forty-six soldiers from the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) arrived from Jakarta to help rebuild seven houses, including Nasir’s, which were destroyed in the tragic accident. The soldiers were specially assigned to Medan to rebuild the houses on… 390. Antara (Indonesia) – September 27, 2005 Antara – The Indonesian National News Agency: HOUSES DESTROYED IN MANDALA PLANE CRASH BEING REBUILT Jakarta, Sept 27 (ANTARA) – The houses in Medan which were damaged or destroyed in a Mandala Airline plane crash last September 5 will be repaired or rebuilt in two months’ time, a Mandala spokesman said. The reconstruction of the damaged and destroyed houses was being done by a detachement of army engineers, PT Mandala Airlines acting managing director Asril Tanjung said here Tuesday. Speaking with members of a Regional Representatives Council (DPD) ad-hoc committee, Asril…