The cham dance is no mere performance; it is a sacred ritual deeply embedded in Tibetan Buddhist culture. Each movement is ...

Tibetan craftsman Shilog, 46, is working to preserve the ancient Tibetan craft of mask-making, ... "We mainly produce the masks of cham — a religious dance — and masks for Tibetan operas ...

BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns.

The performance combines mask work, puppetry, and Tibetan live music and dance. It also incorporates select passages from the Dalai Lama's teachings and his autobiography, "Freedom in Exile." ...

By Tenzin Dasel, Brandeis University ’22, and Toni Shapiro-Phim, Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts Tibetan ritual dancer Losang Samten – who is also an award-winning visual artist and the ...

In a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, the wrathful Gonpo deity was a protector of the community, a mask of whom was used in whirling dance performances. So, c ome to the Rubin and get your groove on ...

Monks belonging to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism wear skeleton costumes as they perform a ritual dance called Cham at the Palpung Sherabling monastery near Baijnath, India, Thursday ...

BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns.

Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India. Posted: March 1, 2025 | Last updated: March 10, 2025. Wearing colourful robes and fearsome masks, monks high ...

AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India Feb. 28, 2025 at 10:20 pm Updated Feb. 28, 2025 at 11:16 pm By ...