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Ronnell Riggins listens as actors learn about Buddhist hand gestures while rehearsing for their drama 'Staging Reflections of the Buddha' at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. In the foreground is 'Left Hand of a Colossal Buddha Amitabha', attributed to Kaikei of Japan, who sculpted from 1183-1236.

Ronnell Riggins listens as actors learn about Buddhist hand gestures while rehearsing for their drama 'Staging Reflections of the Buddha' at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. In the foreground is 'Left Hand of a Colossal Buddha Amitabha', attributed to Kaikei of Japan, who sculpted from 1183-1236.

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