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Durthro Dagmo Chezhi, Thimphu Drubchen: Day Three, Final Day [Close shot]

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Durthro Dagmo Chezhi

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Title
Durthro Dagmo Chezhi, Thimphu Drubchen: Day Three, Final Day [Close shot]
Additional title: Dance of the Four Lords of the Charnel Grounds
Additional title: Durdag
Names
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Collection

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2006
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 903B
Topics
Dance -- Bhutan
Folk dancing -- Bhutan
Dance -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Rites & ceremonies -- Bhutan
Masks -- Bhutan
Dzongs -- Bhutan -- Thimphu (District)
Thimphu (Bhutan : District)
Festivals -- Bhutan
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Bhutan
Mask dances -- Bhutan
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Additional physical form: For wide shot version, see: *MGZIDF 903A.
Content: Programme for the Thimphu Drubchen, Day Three (Sept. 29, 2006): Durdag - Dance of the Four Lords of the Charnel Grounds ; Mang Cham (Marcham) - Dance of All the Deities.
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. 29, 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. 15 min.) : sound, color
Description
The title Durthro Dagmo (Charnel Ground) Che (Lord) Zhi (Four) is generally shortened to Durdag when referring to this skeleton dance . These four Lords are protectors of the religion who inhabit the eight large cremation grounds situated on the external edges of Mount Sumeru. There are two parts to the dance, the skeletons leaving and returning with the black triangular box (linga) which they place in the centre of the arena for the following Mangcham.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19897277
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 61a86840-f876-0130-7e92-3c075448cc4b
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. "Durthro Dagmo Chezhi" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2006. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62920c60-f876-0130-35a5-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Durthro Dagmo Chezhi" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62920c60-f876-0130-35a5-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2006). Durthro Dagmo Chezhi Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62920c60-f876-0130-35a5-3c075448cc4b

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Durthro Dagmo Chezhi