Cham dance
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The cham dance is a lively masked and costumed dance associated with some sects of Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhist festivals. The dance is accompanied by music played by monks using traditional Tibetan
The Black-Hat Drum Cham (Wylie: zhwa nag rnga 'cham, THL: zhanak ngacham), performed at the Honolulu Museum of Art.
Two dancers during a cham dance at a temple in Beijing, 1 March 1919.
Dzongkhag dancers during a Tshechu in Jakar, Bhutan, 14 October 2013.
Bhutan
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Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, located in the Eastern Himalayas, bordering China's Tibet Autonomous Region to the north and northwest and India to the
Cham dance
…achieve enlightenment and to destroy evil forces. The dancers often hold a skull and scarf tied together and then attached to the hilt of a purba. In Bhutan, the dances are performed during the annual religious festivals or tshechu, held in the dzong in each district. The Cham is performed by monks, sometimes…
The dzong in the Paro valley, built in 1646
The Portuguese cannons in the National museum of Paro
Trashigang Dzong, built in 1659
Sketch of Bhutan's interior, 1783