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Page 584
... dance , a lama was very heavily clothed for mid- summer weather . At noon the dance began . A crowd had gathered and surrounded the courtyard . The walls and roofs of the neighboring buildings were packed with people repre- senting ...
... dance , a lama was very heavily clothed for mid- summer weather . At noon the dance began . A crowd had gathered and surrounded the courtyard . The walls and roofs of the neighboring buildings were packed with people repre- senting ...
Page 603
... DANCERS POSE FOR CAMERA This dance concluded the Cham - ngyon- wa . The entire ceremony had occupied about three hours . Save for a few mo- ments before the dance , when he had made his appearance on a rug spread in the center of the ...
... DANCERS POSE FOR CAMERA This dance concluded the Cham - ngyon- wa . The entire ceremony had occupied about three hours . Save for a few mo- ments before the dance , when he had made his appearance on a rug spread in the center of the ...
Page 605
... Dance , also called the Black Hat Dance , was performed on the day preceding and the day following the festival of Tsongkapa . It commemo- rates the slaying of King Langdarma , no- torious persecutor of Buddhism , by Pal- dorje , a monk ...
... Dance , also called the Black Hat Dance , was performed on the day preceding and the day following the festival of Tsongkapa . It commemo- rates the slaying of King Langdarma , no- torious persecutor of Buddhism , by Pal- dorje , a monk ...
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