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Bhutan's
Religion Festivals |
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Festivities
in the western dzongkhags: Festivals in 2001
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| The dance of the Noblemen and Ladies being performed at the second day
of the Thimphu Tshechu.
Several
thousand devotees attended the Lham Tsomo dance, a highlight of the 14-day
annual Thimphu Domchoe festival, in the courtyard of Tashichhodzong. |
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The
monks of the Central Monk Body performed the Lham Tsomodances such as the
Lham Remati, Lhamo Karser Marjangzhi, Gotshamgye, Kangnazhi and the Lham
Tsomo Cherbu Reulchen. The Lham Tsomo dance is performed for Pelden Lhamo
(goddess or Mahakali), one ofthe three main spiritual protectors of the
Drukpa Kagyue school of Buddhism.
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Lham Tsomo dance was instituted some time between 1705 and 1709 by Kuenga
Gyaltshen, the first reincarnation of Jampel Dorji, the son of Shabdrung
Ngawang Namgyal. According to legend, Pelden Lhamo appeared before him
and performed the dances while he was in meditation. |
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Based on these dances,
Kuenga Gyeltshen initiated the Lham Tsomo dance.
The four day annual Thimphu
Tshechu, introduced in 1687during the reign of the fourth Desi, Tenzin
Rabgye, will normally begin end of September.
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