Research Catalog

Title

Dorje Lingpa Ngacham. Nabji Drup: Third Day [Wide shot] [electronic resource].

Publication

2005.

Details

Additional Authors

• Core of Culture (Organization)
• Core of Culture. dnr

Description

1 digital video file (41 min.) : digital, stereo., H.264 file.

Summary

A special dance - and during the dance itself the Dorji Lingpa Monkey scales the large cypress tree in the Lhakhang - together with a troupe of atsaras.

Uniform Title

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture.

Alternative Title

Drum Dance of Dorje Lingpa. Nabji Drup: Third Day [Wide shot]

Subjects

• Mask dances > Bhutan
• Drum dances > Bhutan
• Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Bhutan
• Video
• Filmed performances
• Filmed dance
• Rites and ceremonies > Bhutan
• Folk dancing > Bhutan
• Dance > Bhutan
• Dance > Religious aspects > Buddhism
• Trongsa (Bhutan : District)
• Dzongs > Bhutan > Trongsa
• Festivals > Bhutan
• Masks > Bhutan

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Filmed dance.
• Filmed performances.
• Video.

Note

• For close shot version, see: *MGZIDF 756B.
• The Nabji Drup begins after dark with the entrance of the GAPO-LA - the oldest man - who carries a phallus and engages in lewd banter with the audience.
• Nabji Drup, Third Day (Dec. 26, 2005): Shazam - Dance of the Four Stags ; Dorje Lingpa Ngacham - The Drum Dance of Dorje Lingpa ; Ging Tang Tsholing - Dance of the Ging and Tsholing.

Access (note)

• Open.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Nabji Lhakang (on raised wall looking at the Lhakang along the right diagonal), in Trongsa, on Dec. 26, 2005.

Source (note)

• Core of Culture.

Biography (note)

• The festival is held in honor of Guru Rinpoche, the saint who introduced Buddhism in the 8th century and to commemorate the establishment of the Nabji temple. -- Bhutan Travel Club website.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 756A

OCLC

840837739

Title

Dorje Lingpa Ngacham. Nabji Drup: Third Day [Wide shot] [electronic resource].

Imprint

2005.

Country of Producing Entity

Bhutan.

Series

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture.

Access

Open.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Nabji Lhakang (on raised wall looking at the Lhakang along the right diagonal), in Trongsa, on Dec. 26, 2005.

Biography

The festival is held in honor of Guru Rinpoche, the saint who introduced Buddhism in the 8th century and to commemorate the establishment of the Nabji temple. -- Bhutan Travel Club website.

Source

Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Bhutan.

Drum dances -- Bhutan.

Mask dances -- Bhutan.

Added Author

Core of Culture (Organization)

Core of Culture. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 756A