Additional Physical Form: For close shot version, see: *MGZIDF 881B.
Content: Yungdrung Choeling Drup: Second Day, Jan. 12, 2006: Atsara Cham (Marchang) - Dance of the Atsaras and Libation ; Peling Shinjey Phomo - Dance of the Lord of Death and his Consort ; Phag Cham - Dance of the Boar ; Peling Nga Cham - Peling Drum Dance ; Nyulemai Cham - The Dance of the Evil Spirit ; (Peling) Jug Ging - Dance of the Ging with Batons ; Durthro Dagmo Chezhi (Durdag) - Dance of the Four Lords of the Charnel Grounds ; (Peling) Dri Ging - Dance of the Ging with Swords ; Zhanag Nga Cham - Dance of the Black Hats with Drums.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Yungdrung Choeling Dzong, in Trongsa, Bhutan (looking along the right diagonal towards the Lhakang across the courtyard arena), on Jan. 12, 2006.
Acquisition: Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD

Physical Description

Extent: 1 video file (ca. 36 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

The Peling Ging-Sum (the three dances of the Ging in the Pema Lingpa tradition) are three dances that are performed around the country in a particular sequence. The Ging-Sum comprises three dances: Jug Ging, Dri Ging and Nga Ging which show the forces of good in direct combat with evil spirits who plague living beings with their constant suasions to commit wrong. Jug means baton or wand and the Jug Ging are spirits tasked to search out the presence of evil (using their wands as sensitive instruments to find out the direction in which evil lies). The Dri Ging - who carry swords - subjugate evil with their weapons before punishing and slaying (with compassion) any such evil spirits found. The Nga-ging - who each carry a drum - perform a victory dance at having overcome the evil spirits, and also ensure that even those conquered evil spirits are still prayed for and ultimately liberated from their evil ways. These three dances are considered to have been reveled by Terton Pema Lingpa in the 16th Century - and they are thus known as ter-cham or (revealed) treasure dances. They express a coherent choreographic and dramatic intention on the great Saint s part. They are most often performed together with nyulemai cham (Dance of the Evil Spirit) which serves as an active and visible reference to the existence of evil in the world - and the nyulema is often captured and dispatched by the Jug bearing Ging of the first of these dances.

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19895675
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 06869fe0-e50b-0130-0405-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "(Peling) Dri Ging, Yungdrung Choeling Drup: Second Day [Wide shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2006. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06869fe0-e50b-0130-0405-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2006). (Peling) Dri Ging, Yungdrung Choeling Drup: Second Day [Wide shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06869fe0-e50b-0130-0405-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "(Peling) Dri Ging, Yungdrung Choeling Drup: Second Day [Wide shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/06869fe0-e50b-0130-0405-3c075448cc4b

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