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Pa Cham, Punakha Tsechu: Day Three, the final day [Close shot]

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Pa Cham

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Title
Pa Cham, Punakha Tsechu: Day Three, the final day [Close shot]
Additional title: Dance of the Heroes
Names
Core of Culture (Organization) (Producer)
Core of Culture (Organization) (Donor)
Collection

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2005
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 798B
Topics
Dance -- Bhutan
Folk dancing -- Bhutan
Dance -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Rites & ceremonies -- Bhutan
Dzongs -- Bhutan -- Punakha (District)
Punakha (Bhutan : District)
Festivals -- Bhutan
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Bhutan
Drum dances -- Bhutan
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Additional physical form: For wide shot version, see: *MGZIDF 798A.
Biographical/historical: The Punakha Tsechu (as opposed to the Punakha Drubchen) is of recent origin, having been first performed in 2005. Dasho Thinley Gyamtsho, the Principal of RAPA, was asked to create a new dance spectacle to help inaugurate the Tsechu, and he devised a new piece, taking three days to perform, The Coming of the Zhabdrung which recounts the history of Zhabdrung, Nagawang Namgyal particularly as it relates to his arrival in Punakha and the building of the Punakha Dzong, Pungthang Dechen Phodrang.
Content: Programme for the Punakha Tsechu: Day Three, Final Day: Feb. 20, 2005 : Chung Zam - Dance of the Four Garudas ; Pa Cham - Dance of the Heroes ; Durdag - Dance of the Four Lords of the Charnel Grounds ; Ging Tang Tsholing - Ging and Tsholing ; Ging Cham - Victory dance of the Ging ; Zhabdrung Zednam - The Coming of the Zhabdrung (Dance Drama).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the main courtyard, Punakha Dzong, in Punakha, Bhutan (camera level with dancers), on Feb. 20, 2005.
Acquisition: Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD
Biographical/historical: Pungthang Dechen Phodrang Dzong (The Palace of Great Bliss) in Punakha was constructed by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel in 1637-38 and is of great historical significance. Located on a stretch of land where two rivers, the Phochu and Mochu, coverage, the Dzong appears as great anchored ship. It was here that the Zhabdrung died in 1651. Again, it was here that the first hereditary Monarch of Bhutan, King Ugyen Wangchuck, was enthroned just over one hundred years ago, on 17th December 1907. Punakha served as the winter capital of the Kingdom until 1955, (after which the capital moved to Thimphu) and Punakha Dzong continues to be the winter residence of the Central Monastic Authority (CMA) the main monk body of the Drukpa Kagyu School.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 video file (35 min.) : sound, color
Description
Ging 2 - The origin of the Pacham can be traced back to the 15th Century when the great treasure discoverer (terton) Rigzin Pemalingpa reached the abode of Guru Padmasambhava. At the peak of Zangdopelri, the Copper-Coloured Mountain Paradise, he saw the marvelous Lotus Beam (pema yoed) Palace, wonderful, awesome and as spacious and wide as the sky itself. The Palace glowed with the radiance of wisdom in all directions and the Guru Rigzin Pema Theod Threng Tsal, the lord who leads the beings of the Three Realms, resided in the middle. In the centre of this limitless mandala formed by rainbow beams, the assembly of sages, tutelary deities, heroes and heroines danced in both peaceful and wrathful forms and sang a wide range of celestial songs with religious music. From the endless number of dances for delivering the sentient beings from the both the destructible and the indestructible worlds, the Pachamis the one performed by happy, peaceful deities and the celestial heroes and heroines for the benefit of the human world. This dance has been introduce into this world so that all those who have the chance to see it are blessed for rebirth in the Heaven of Guru Rinpoche.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19885585
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e0cb5870-e512-0130-9cab-3c075448cc4b
Copyright Notice
Core of Culture
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Item timeline of events

  • 2005: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pa Cham" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e2d8b9e0-e512-0130-d525-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pa Cham" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e2d8b9e0-e512-0130-d525-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2005). Pa Cham Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e2d8b9e0-e512-0130-d525-3c075448cc4b

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