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De Gey Ku Cham, Thimphu Drubchen: Day One [Wide shot]

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De Gey Ku Cham

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Title
De Gey Ku Cham, Thimphu Drubchen: Day One [Wide shot]
Additional title: Dance of the Eight Kinds of Spirits
Additional title: Dzg. De Gyad
Names
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Core of Culture (Organization) (Donor)
Collection

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2006
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 899A
Topics
Dance -- Bhutan
Folk dancing -- Bhutan
Dance -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Rites & ceremonies -- Bhutan
Masks -- Bhutan
Spirits (Buddhism)
Dzongs -- Bhutan -- Thimphu (District)
Thimphu (Bhutan : District)
Festivals -- Bhutan
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Bhutan
Mask dances -- Bhutan
Spirit dances -- Bhutan
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Additional physical form: For close shot version, see: *MGZIDF 899B.
Content: Programme for the Thimphu Drubchen, Day One (Sept. 27, 2006): Zhanag Nga Cham - (21 dancers) The Drum Dance of the Black Hats ; De Gey Ku Cham (Dzg. De Gyad) - Dance of the Eight Kinds of Spirits.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Trashi Cho [Tashichho] Dzong, in Thimphu, Bhutan (ground level: looking across arena along the right diagonal towards the Je Khenpho's seat), on Sept. 27, 2006.
Acquisition: Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD
Biographical/historical: The 11-day annual Lhamoi Drubchhen, is a rite performed to appease Pelden Lhamo (the Goddess Mahakali), one of the three main spiritual protectors of the Drukpa Kagyue school of Buddhism. The sacred 11-day ceremony is performed by His Holiness the Je Khenpo and 250 monks of the central monk body at the Dukhang (congregation hall) of Tashichhodzong for 22 hours at a stretch in a day with only short breaks for meals and rest. The clergy performs a three-day rite for the Thimphu Domchoe while the Lham Tsomo dance, a highlight of the Thimphu Domchoe festival, is performed in the courtyard of the Tashichhodzong.
Biographical/historical: The Drubchhen was instituted between 1705 and 1709 by Kuenga Gyaltshen, the first reincarnation of Jampel Dorji, the son of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 video file (ca. 98 min.) : sound, color
Description
Another subjugation dance taking place around a central black triangular box The Thimpu De Gey Ku Cham is different to the one performed in Paro. see notes: The Ku is an honorific making this title something like the Elevated Dance of the Eight Kinds of Spirits.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19897245
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4ff4eb20-f876-0130-bf0a-3c075448cc4b
Copyright Notice
Core of Culture
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  • 2006: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "De Gey Ku Cham" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2006. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50e14640-f876-0130-9ba5-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "De Gey Ku Cham" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50e14640-f876-0130-9ba5-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2006). De Gey Ku Cham Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/50e14640-f876-0130-9ba5-3c075448cc4b

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De Gey Ku Cham