Drum masks dance in the village of Dramece - a dance performed by the inhabitants of the village of Dramece ( gevog Dramese , Mongar ) in Bhutan during the local festival in honor of Padmasambhava , a Buddhist guru. The festival takes place in this village in the eastern part of Bhutan twice a year, organized by the local Dzong (monastery) Ogyen Tegchok Namdroel Choeling .
The dance is performed by sixteen masked dancers dressed in colorful costumes; they are accompanied by an orchestra of ten people. The dance is divided into the “quiet and contemplative” part, which is associated with peaceful deities, and the “fast and moving” part, in which the dancers represent angry deities. Dancers, dressed in monastic clothes and wearing wooden masks with attributes of real and mythical animals, perform a prayer during the dance in front of the local main shrine, soeldep cham , before appearing one after another in the central courtyard of the monastery. The orchestra consists of cymbals, pipes and drums, including nga bang, large cylindrical drum, lag nga, small round flat drum, and nga chen, a drum played with curved sticks.
The dance has been known in the monastery for many centuries, has important religious and cultural significance, since it is believed to initially signify the veneration of heavenly gods and goddesses.
In the XIX century, its own varieties of dance appeared in other settlements in Bhutan. Since 2005, this dance is listed by UNESCO in the list of objects of the oral and intangible heritage of mankind .
Links
- Mask dance of the drums from Drametse . UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Date of treatment November 2, 2012.
- Dramitse Ngacham (Dance of the Drums from Dramitse ) . Date of treatment April 22, 2014.