Butter carving

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Butter sculptures in front of the assembly hall of the Kopan monastery in the Kathmandu valley (Nepal)
Butter carving in the Labrang monastery

The butter carving is an artistic activity in which frozen butter is used.

distribution

Butter carving is widespread among Tibetans in Tibet , Qinghai Province and India , where yak butter is mostly used.

Kumbum monastery

The butter carving of the Kumbum Monastery or Tar or Ta'ersi Monastery (Chinese: Ta'ersi suyouhua 塔尔寺 酥油花) in Huangzhong County 湟 中Kreis in the Chinese province of Qinghai is on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of the People's Republic of China (347 VII-48).

In the West

Butter carving also found imitation in the West, mostly for decorative purposes as table decorations on dining tables .

United States

In Iowa , USA , life-size butter sculptures play a special role at the Iowa State Fair (an exhibition for agricultural products). The traditional Butterkuh (engl. Butter Cow ) is (Engl. By a specially trained for traditional sculptor since 1911 every year butter sculptor , currently the fourth since 1911) recreated and in recent years figures are presented as butter sculptures in Iowa Sir.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Butter Cow at the 2009 Iowa State Fair ( memento June 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) in engl.
  2. ↑ Iowa State Fair rethinks Jackson butter sculpture in engl.

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