Additional Physical Form: For wide shot version, see: *MGZIDF 865A.
Content: Ngangbi Rabney/Ngangbi Ramnyen, Day Three: Dec. 17, 2005: Zhey, Pt. 1 first part of the long dance performed by the local Zheypa group ; Zhauli Cham (Nyulemai Cham) - The Dance of the Evil Spirit ; Sampa Ngacham Mangcham - Drum dance of all attendant spirits ; Zhey: Jyui Lam Dam a particular dance in which the Zheypa link arms and pass under each other to form a close-knit group ; Pholey Moley - The Dance of the Noblemen and their Ladies ; Zhey: Hiyo - another particular dance that sees the Zheypa leaning alternately to right and left in a line with the Zheypon spinning by himself in front of them ; Khandumai Cham - The Dance of the Dakinis ; Zhey: The final dance of the Zheypa for the day.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Ngangbi Lhakhang, in Bumthang, Bhutan (courtyard baseline looking along left diagonal towards the Lhakhang), on Dec. 17, 2005.
Acquisition: Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD
Biographical/Historical: The Nganbi Ramnyen is a remarkably well-run and well preserved festival which is organised amongst 8 different villages in the Chhoekhor vallery. The Festival takes place at the Ngangbi Lhkakhang which is next door to the Noble house presided over by descendants of Lam Namkha Samdrup. The set of Zhey (Nobleman Families) dances is a remarkable survival from the time of the Zhabdrung and this variant is particular to the place. The dating of the festival is not fixed to a particular month or date but depends upon the timing of an astronomical event - as is also true at Namkha Lhakang (just over the hill from Nganbi) another temple established by Namkha Samdrup. Other particular parts to the festival include: The reading of the Tam (Jambay Lekshey) to representatives of each household - a set of dos and don'ts for the participants in the festival (Do be courteous to others during the festival; Don't get drunk and fight during the festival; Don't put a big penis in a small vagina! etc.) An evening meal for the Zhey and other participants in the festival in which ancestral food which includes cooked cow hide is served to all. The Hung Hung La dance is the last item on the festival list, and takes place throughout the evening of the last day. The Gathpo, Ganmo and Botsa atsaras go around all the local houses, giving auspicious blessings and cracking lewd jokes until dawn the next day.
Biographical/Historical: Ngangbi Ramnyen is held for three days from the 15th to the 17th days of the 10th Bhutanese month. A Chamjug or rehearsal day is held the day before. This information is generally correct, however, the timing of this particular tsechu is moved to coincide with a precise astronomical event, hence the dates may move either forwards or backwards.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 video file (ca. 39 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

These Eight fierce spirits who interact with the Zhauli or Evil Spirit - chasing him etc. - carry swords (dri) not drums (nga).

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19894712
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 629a6080-e508-0130-d8cc-3c075448cc4b

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Core of Culture

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Sampa Ngacham Mangcham, Ngangbi Rabney: Day Three - Final Day [Close shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/629a6080-e508-0130-d8cc-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2005). Sampa Ngacham Mangcham, Ngangbi Rabney: Day Three - Final Day [Close shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/629a6080-e508-0130-d8cc-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Sampa Ngacham Mangcham, Ngangbi Rabney: Day Three - Final Day [Close shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/629a6080-e508-0130-d8cc-3c075448cc4b

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