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>> This shot of Buddhist monks creating a sand mandala brought back some memories for monkeyrotica:

Boy, that picture takes me back: blowing colored rail mandalas off some Mongolian hooker’s ass on top of a pool table. I miss the ’80s.

Photo by Flickr user Emamd.