Evening star. [volume], July 25, 1937, Page 4, Image 98

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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TIBETAN DEVIL DANCEES IN AN EAS Y-TO-MAKE 'T TOY •
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S! ALL YOU NEED TO BUILD THIS MODEL
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ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY
STEP I STEP 2
4—1 FRAME ^BACKGROUND
y™ • si Foreground folds — Note fold in center v
K. down on long to make a V shape.
TjW - dotted line. Row ~~ Courtyard Wall
* * » ** * ’-cP of seated men and hooks and tabs into
row of standing Background at 1, 2,
HOLLiKG men fold upright. 3 and 4. Ends fold
— out and paste to
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IT’S MORE FUN THAN A GAME
Would you like a trip around the world? Well, here is the
next best thing. Each Sunday you get a new World Museum
Diorama for your collection. Today you build a model of a
dramatic scene in strange Tibet. Next Sunday it will be a
thrilling setting showing a giant China Clipper seaplane fly
ing over Hawaii. Every week is different. Dioramas are
really little theater stages like you see in the big museums.
And the best part of it is that you build this all by yourself.
Try this one tpday—you’ll be surprised how easy
it is. How proud of it you’ll be! Start today to
build your own World Museum, and join us on I
our Museum trip around the world. W ^
HOW DIORAMA WILL LOOK WHEN FINISHED
READ THESE EASY DIRECTIONS
Get a pair of scissors, some paste and heavy brown wrap*
ping paper. This is going to be easy.
Now cut the diorama parts from this page but don’t trim
them. This is because it is easier to paste down this way.
With a piece of cloth swab paste evenly OVER the wrapping
paper. Now lay the diorama pieces on the pasted wrapping
paper and smooth them down. Put the pieces under weights
so they will dry flat.
When dry, trim neatly to outlines. Make all inside cuts
and slits. Score all dotted lines for folding—with a blunt
table knife run along a ruler. »
Look at ASSEMBLY STEP 1. You can see how the
FOREGROUND in the FRAME piece folds down, and the
two lines of red robed figures fold upright on it.
Now look at ASSEMBLY STEP 2. Fold your BACK
GROUND piece as shown in the sketch, bending it in the
middle to form a V which is held together when you hook
the tabs of the COURTYARD WALL piece into their
notches and slits in the BACKGROUND at 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Fold ends of BACKGROUND out and paste them to back
of FRAME as shown. (Top edge of BACKGROUND should
be even with top edge of FRAME). That done, TABS 5, 6,
7 and 8 slip easily into their BACKGROUND slits. Slip the
five masked dancing figures into their FOREGROUND slits. •
Paste down all tabs.
YAMA, KING OF THE
NETHER WORLD
Accompanied by his
attendants, called the
•Bowa.”
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Northeastward from India lies Tibet, a moun
tainous country so high that its lowest valleys
are two miles above sea level. The best trails
into it narrow down to two-foot ledges gouged
into cliffs at dizzy heights. The religion of
Tibet is “Lamaism,” and many large monas
teries house its thousands of priests, or “lamas.”
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In the temple courts masked lamas dramatize
man’s victory over trouble, good devils over
coming bad devils. The costumes are some
times of rich silks from nearby China, with
ornaments of gold and jewels. The color and
action of ceremonial dances keep life interesting
in this windswept land of bitter cold.
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SAVE THIS DIORAMA FOR YOUR WORLD MUSEUM SERIES
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disease. The only way to health and happiness, he feels, is to flatter or frighten these demons. Lamas
(priests) do this by acting in ceremonial masked dances.
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