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Yak Cham, Namkhai Ramnyen: 2nd Day of three-day Festival [Close shot]

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Yak Cham

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Title
Yak Cham, Namkhai Ramnyen: 2nd Day of three-day Festival [Close shot]
Additional title: Dance of the Yak
Names
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Collection

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2005
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 740B
Topics
Dance -- Bhutan
Folk dancing -- Bhutan
Dance -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Rites & ceremonies -- Bhutan
Masks -- Bhutan
Festivals -- Bhutan
Dzongs -- Bhutan -- Bumthang (District)
Bumthang (Bhutan : District)
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Bhutan
Animal dances -- Bhutan
Mask dances -- Bhutan
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Additional physical form: For wide shot version, see: *MGZIDF 740A.
Source note: We only filmed the middle day of the three-day festival - and the dances were held in the Lhakhang courtyard as per our request. The previous day the dances had been held in a wider field some small distance from the lhakhang.
Content: Namkhai Ramnyen - Day Two (Dec. 11, 2005): Entry Procession ; Beh - Martial Dances ; Lhamo and Goen - Dance of Lhamo and Goen ; Yak Cham - Dance of the Yak ; Lhamo and Goen - Dance of Lhamo and Goen ; Yak Cham - Dance of the Yak ; Lhamo and Goen - Dance of Lhamo and Goen ; Yak Cham - Dance of the Yak. The dances were repeated three times during the day, and as far as we could understand this whole program was repeated each day for three days. There were also various Boedra and folk dances set amongst these two main dances.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Namkha Lhakhang (facing Lhakhang along left diagonal - inside courtyard door), in Bumthang, on Dec. 11, 2005.
Acquisition: Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD
Biographical/historical: Namkha Lhakhang in Bumthang Tang (the Tang Valley of Bumthang) is the religious seat of Tshamph Namkha Samdrup, one of the most venerated lamas at that time (16th Century). While building this monastery, a devilish spirit living in the Black Lake of Karbang caused damage and harm to the construction and the workers. With his enormous skill and divine knowledge, the Lama changed himself into a yak and destroyed the Black Lake. As the lake could not remain there, it was believed to have migrated to what is now Khen Buli. Thereafter, as per the instructions of the Lama, the Yak dance is performed every year during the (Memorial Service for the) consecration ceremony of the Namkha Lhakhang on the 15th Day of the 10th Bhutanese lunar month.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 video file (ca. 3 min.) : sound, color
Description
A simple dance with several men inside the body of the Yak - the black skin of which is made of Yak-hair blanket. The Yak appears to pay obeisance to the central focal point of the Abbot s chair inside the Lhakhang.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19805789
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f1af3020-e377-0130-4331-3c075448cc4b
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Yak Cham" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f3a1bbf0-e377-0130-9ecf-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Yak Cham" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f3a1bbf0-e377-0130-9ecf-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2005). Yak Cham Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f3a1bbf0-e377-0130-9ecf-3c075448cc4b

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Yak Cham