Yekho, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan

24 Sep

toemail, toes, feet, photography, Yekho, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan

Cham dance: Dramitse Ngacham.

The Tang Du is the traditional Buddhist shaman’s drum used in Nepali & Tibetan cultural ceremonies. Carved handle, skin heads with rawhide lacing. Comes with playing stick.
Drums of this kind are also used to invoke deities or to provide a gentle musical background for the singing of the orchestra of monks. The monotonous, even beat is ideally suited to accompanying meditation because it provides extremely suggestive and evocative vibrations.

Watch the video of this performance.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_Dance

Beautiful costumes !

Check out Linda De Volder (away)’s Flickr Photostream !

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3 Responses to “Yekho, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan”

  1. John September 24, 2012 at 6:02 pm #

    Very colorful!

  2. apple.e.e-s. September 24, 2012 at 7:58 pm #

    i love the headpiece. there is beauty in every culture. thank you for sharing :)

  3. toemailer September 26, 2012 at 2:56 am #

    It’s wonderful for sure, so much color.

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