Additional Physical Form: For wide shot version, see: *MGZIDF 1013A.
Biographical/Historical: This was the first time that a general meeting of the various groups belonging to a single tradition had ever been held in Bhutan. Held at the request of Core of Culture Dance Preservation, the Meeting took place at Yungdrung Choeling Dzong - the seat of the mummified remains of Pema Lingpa himself - and hence a very auspicious venue.
Biographical/Historical: Programme for the Peling Champa Meeting: Yungdrung Choeling Dzong, Second Day (May 17, 2007): Phag-cham by a lay dancer Yungdrung Choeling ; Peling Ju-ging by monk dancers from Tamzhing, Bumthang ; Peling Nga Cham by laymen dancers from Tamzhing, Bumthang ; Cham-chen (One of the most sacred dances of the Peling tradition). Demonstrated by the Umzey Tsultrim Lhoday from Tamzhing Monastery, Bumthang ; Zhungdra (folk dance) by ladies from Yungdrung Choeling, Trongsa ; Lunch Break ; Durdag by monk dancers from Yungdrung Choeling, Trongsa ; Peling Dri-ging by monk dancers from Tamzhing, Bumthang ; Peling Nga Ging by monk dancers from Tamzhing, Bumthang.
Performers: Performed by the Umzey, a monk from Tamzhing Lakhang.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Yungdrung Choeling Dzong, in Trongsa, Bhutan (lower balcony looking along the diagonal dexter), on May 17, 2007.
Acquisition: Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD

Physical Description

Extent: 1 video file (35 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

This is a dance enacting the subjugation of Langdarma by Llhalung Pel-Ki Dorji and was said to be unique to the Monastery of Nyimalung. In fact Tamzhing Monastery in Bumthang also has a version of Chamchen - of which we filmed demonstration steps. Lam Seten (the head monk at Tamzhing and originally from Tibet) said that this dance had been taken to Nyimalung from Tibet, by his great Uncle. This was a special demonstration performance of Cham Chen in front of the other Peling Champa groups by Lopoen Tsultrim Lhoday of Tamzhing, one of the only monks to know the steps for this dance in the country.

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19945051
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a8819900-0821-0131-3d89-3c075448cc4b

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Core of Culture

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Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Chamchen, Peling Champa Meeting [Close shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2007. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8819900-0821-0131-3d89-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2007). Chamchen, Peling Champa Meeting [Close shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8819900-0821-0131-3d89-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Chamchen, Peling Champa Meeting [Close shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8819900-0821-0131-3d89-3c075448cc4b

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