Venue: 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.
Content: Programme for the Peling Champa Meeting: Yungdrung Choeling Dzong, First Day (May 16, 2007): Shinjey Phomo - by monk dancers of Yungdrung Choeling, Trongsa ; Peling Chaktshel - by lay dancers of Korphu, Trongsa ; Beb Chadruk - by monks and lay dancers of Yungdrung Choeling ; Lunch Break ; Zhungdra (folk dance) by ladies of Yungdrung Choeling, Trongsa ; Dramitse Ngacham by the lay dancers of Dramitse, Mongar ; Zha-nag Phurcham (and Durdag) by the monks and lay dancers of Yungdrung Choeling, Trongsa ; Zhungdra by lady dancers of Yungdrung Choeling, Trongsa.
Source Note: Only one camera was used to record the main dances during the day.
Performers: Performed by the troupe of lay dancers from Korphu, Trongsa.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Yungdrung Choeling Dzong, in Trongsa, Bhutan (upper balcony looking along the diagonal sinister), on May 16, 2007.
Acquisition: Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD

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Extent: 1 video file (28 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

Meeting of five different groups from the Peling tradition at the palace consecrated to the remains of Pema Lingpa.

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19945031
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aabf4470-0821-0131-963f-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Peling Chagtshel, Peling Champa Meeting" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2007. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aabf4470-0821-0131-963f-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2007). Peling Chagtshel, Peling Champa Meeting Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aabf4470-0821-0131-963f-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Peling Chagtshel, Peling Champa Meeting" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aabf4470-0821-0131-963f-3c075448cc4b

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