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Chams often depict incidents from the life of [[Padmasambhava]], the 9th century [[Nyingma]]pa teacher, and other saints.<ref name=DR>[http://portal.unesco.org/culture/fr/file_download.php/93012f1857c2e04571e63ffeeaf409d2dobson.pdf Dancing on the demon's back: the dramnyen dance and song of Bhutan], by Elaine Dobson, John Blacking Symposium: Music, Culture and Society, Callaway Centre, University of Western Australia, July 2003</ref> |
Chams often depict incidents from the life of [[Padmasambhava]], the 9th century [[Nyingma]]pa teacher, and other saints.<ref name=DR>[http://portal.unesco.org/culture/fr/file_download.php/93012f1857c2e04571e63ffeeaf409d2dobson.pdf Dancing on the demon's back: the dramnyen dance and song of Bhutan]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, by Elaine Dobson, John Blacking Symposium: Music, Culture and Society, Callaway Centre, University of Western Australia, July 2003</ref> |
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The great debate of the Council of Lhasa between the two principal debators or dialecticians, [[Moheyan]] and [[Kamalaśīla]] is narrated and depicted in a specific cham dance once held annually at [[Kumbum Monastery]] in [[Qinghai]].<ref>Roccasalvo, Joseph F.(1980). 'The debate at bsam yas: religious contrast and correspondence.' ''Philosophy East and West'' 30:4 (October 1980). The University of Press of Hawaii. Pp.505-520. Source: [http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/joseph.htm] (accessed: December 17, 2007)</ref> |
The great debate of the Council of Lhasa between the two principal debators or dialecticians, [[Moheyan]] and [[Kamalaśīla]] is narrated and depicted in a specific cham dance once held annually at [[Kumbum Monastery]] in [[Qinghai]].<ref>Roccasalvo, Joseph F.(1980). 'The debate at bsam yas: religious contrast and correspondence.' ''Philosophy East and West'' 30:4 (October 1980). The University of Press of Hawaii. Pp.505-520. Source: [http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/joseph.htm] (accessed: December 17, 2007)</ref> |
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===Tibet=== |
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Tibetans usually perform the cham dance to large audiences during the [[Monlam Prayer Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tibet.news.cn/english/2010-02/28/c_13191476_2.htm|title=Backgrounder: Monlam Prayer Festival|work=Focus on Tibet|publisher=[[Xinhua]]|date=2010-02-28|accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref> |
Tibetans usually perform the cham dance to large audiences during the [[Monlam Prayer Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tibet.news.cn/english/2010-02/28/c_13191476_2.htm|title=Backgrounder: Monlam Prayer Festival|work=Focus on Tibet|publisher=[[Xinhua]]|date=2010-02-28|accessdate=2011-02-02|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425013809/http://tibet.news.cn/english/2010-02/28/c_13191476_2.htm|archivedate=2012-04-25|df=}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:07, 8 January 2018
The cham dance' (Tibetan: འཆམ་, Wylie: cham; Chinese: 跳欠; pinyin: tiàoqiàn),[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 Tibetan instruments. The dances often offer moral instruction relating to compassion for sentient beings and are held to bring merit to all who perceive them.[1][4]
Cham dances are considered a form of meditation and an offering to the gods. The leader of the cham is typically a musician, keeping time using some percussion instrument like cymbals, the one exception being Dramyin Cham, where time is kept using dramyin.
Cham content
Chams often depict incidents from the life of Padmasambhava, the 9th century Nyingmapa teacher, and other saints.[5]
The great debate of the Council of Lhasa between the two principal debators or dialecticians, Moheyan and Kamalaśīla is narrated and depicted in a specific cham dance once held annually at Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai.[6]
Localities
Bhutan
In Bhutan, the dances are performed during an annual religious festival known as Tshechu, which is held in each district. The Cham are performed by monks, nuns, and villagers. The Royal Academy of Performing Arts are the main body which emphasize on preservation of culture of Cham and dances.
Tibet
Tibetans usually perform the cham dance to large audiences during the Monlam Prayer Festival.[7]
India
Dances are performed in Sikkim, Dharamshala and Ladakh during cultural and religious festivals.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-89281-918-9. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "༈ རྫོང་ཁ་ཨིང་ལིཤ་ཤན་སྦྱར་ཚིག་མཛོད། ༼འཆ-༽" [Dzongkha-English Dictionary: "'CHA"]. Dzongkha-English Online Dictionary. Dzongkha Development Commission, Government of Bhutan. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Tibetan-English-Dictionary of Buddhist Teaching & Practice". Diamond Way Buddhism Worldwide. Rangjung Yeshe Translations & Publications. 1996. Archived from the original on 2010-03-28. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) entry: 'cham. - ISBN 0-313-32849-8. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ Dancing on the demon's back: the dramnyen dance and song of Bhutan[permanent dead link], by Elaine Dobson, John Blacking Symposium: Music, Culture and Society, Callaway Centre, University of Western Australia, July 2003
- ^ Roccasalvo, Joseph F.(1980). 'The debate at bsam yas: religious contrast and correspondence.' Philosophy East and West 30:4 (October 1980). The University of Press of Hawaii. Pp.505-520. Source: [1] (accessed: December 17, 2007)
- Xinhua. 2010-02-28. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-02-02.)
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Further reading
- Forman, Werner (photographs) & Rintschen, Bjamba (text) Lamaistische Tanzmasken: der Erlik-Tsam in der Mongolei. Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1967 (text translated from Russian)
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