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Cham dance at Leh Palace during the Dosmoche festival, 13 February 2018. The cham dance (Tibetan: འཆམ་, Wylie: ' cham) [2] [3] is a lively masked and costumed dance associated with some sects of Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhist festivals. The dance is accompanied by music played by monks using traditional
Dramyin Cham (Dzongkha: Dramnyen Cham) is a form of Cham dance, a masked and costumed dance performed in Tibetan Buddhism ceremonies in Bhutan, Sikkim, Himalayan West Bengal and Tibet (where they have been outlawed). They are a focal point of the Bhutanese festivals of Tsechu.
Tibetan Buddhism has exerted a particularly strong influence on Tibetan culture ... The cham dance is a lively masked and costumed dance associated with some sects ...
The Cham dance festival is held every year on the 28th and 29th day of the 12th lunar month of the Tibetan calendar, corresponding to February of the Gregorian calendar. It is performed by the lamas of this monastery. The lamas dress up as Mahākāla and Guru Drag-dmar (Sanskrit Vajrakila) in colourful costumes for the dance performance ...
Being a Tibetan Buddhist temple, the Yonghe temple also inherits rituals and dances from Tibet. The temple has adopted the tradition of the Cham dance, or bujak in Manchu, shortly after its conversion into a lama monastery.
[6]: 21, 180 Ordinary people watch cham dances in order to receive a spiritual benefit and merit. [1] The music and choreography of the cham dance are heavily associated with Tibetan Buddhism, however some common features derive directly from the Bön religion. [6]: 32 The Dramyin Cham in particular is a focal point of many modern tsechus.
The Elder White character was imported from the Cham dance into the Tibetan Cham in the 20th century by order of the 13th Dalai Lama, who had a dream during his exile in Mongolia. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] He is named rgan po dkar po , or simply rgan dkar , in Tibetan, and was first introduced into the Cham dance as part of the New Year's dance of the Potala ...
The word Gustor དགུ་གཏོར / དགུ་སྟོར literally means 'Sacrifice of the 29th Day' in the Tibetan language. [1] The festival is celebrated for two days, with different kinds of rituals, ceremonies, music & Cham Dance.