Buray Shawl in Mustard Yellow For many centuries dZi beads

For many centuries dZi beads have held an important place in Tibetan culture

and equanimity

and even psychic powers

the sight of flocks of cranes migrating up from the south brought joy and happiness

defeating the Lord of Death

Buray Shawl in Mustard Yellow For many centuries dZi beads100% Buray silk handwoven, dyed, and finished in Norbulingka workshops. Known as bu ray (insect cloth) in Bhutan and Tibet and as Endi in India, this rugged wild silk fabric is made from the pierced cocoon of the Attacus Ricini moth whose larvae feed on the leaves of the castor oil tree, in the jungles of Assam. Popular in Bhutan and Tibet, buray was imported from Assam for centuries and traditionally used for monks shawls and the famed Tibetan shirt.