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