Cham (Dance)
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- Work cat.: Tibetan sacred dance : a journey into the religious and folk traditions, Ellen Pearlman, 2002:e-CIP (... explore the significance and symbolism of the sacred and secular ritual dances of Tibetan Buddhism. The sacred (Cham or Lama) dance of the Tibet's Buddhist monks serve a ritualized sacred purpose.)
- http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/5598/cham.html, Aug. 22, 2002(Cham, the sacred dance of Tibet, are dances performed in some Tibetan monasteries for the benefit of sentient beings ... dating back to the pre-Buddhist shamanistic religion of Bon)
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The cham dance (Tibetan: འཆམ་, Wylie: 'cham) 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 musical instruments. The dances often offer moral instruction relating to karuṇā (compassion) for sentient beings and are held to bring merit to all who perceive them. Chams are considered a form of meditation and an offering to the gods. The leader of the cham is typically a musician, keeping time with a percussion instrument like cymbals, the one exception being Dramyin Cham, where time is kept using dramyin. The term "devil dance" was an early 20th century description of the performance, derived from Western perceptions of the costumes worn by performers.
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