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Festivals
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Bhutan
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Bhutan
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Festivities
in the western dzongkhags: Festivals in 2001
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The
dance of the Noblemen and Ladies being
performed
at the second day of the Thimphu Tshechu
Several
thousand devotees attended the Lham Tsomo dance, a highlight of the 14-day
annual Thimphu Domchoe festival, in the courtyard of Tashichhodzong .
The
monks of the Central Monk Body performed the Lham Tsomodances such as the
Lham Remati, Lhamo Karser Marjangzhi, Gotshamgye, Kangnazhi and the Lham
Tsomo Cherbu Reulchen. |
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Lham Tsomo dance is performed for Pelden Lhamo (goddess or Mahakali), one
ofthe three main spiritual protectors of the Drukpa Kagyue school of Buddhism.The
Lham Tsomo dance was instituted some time between1705 and 1709 by Kuenga
Gyaltshen, the first reincarnation of Jampel Dorji, the son of Shabdrung
Ngawang Namgyal. |
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Thimphu
According
to legend, Pelden Lhamo appeared before him and performed the dances while
he was in meditation. Based on these dances, Kuenga Gyeltshen initiated
the Lham Tsomo dance.The four day annual Thimphu Tshechu, introduced in
1687during the reign of the fourth Desi, Tenzin Rabgye, will normally begin
end of September. |
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