Tibetan Sacred Dance
Subtitle: A Journey into the Religious and Folk Traditions
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Published: December 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780892819188
Subjects: Customs & folklore; Tibetan Buddhism; Sociology; China; Buddhism - Rituals & Practice; Tibet; Social Science; Religion - World Religions; Customs & Traditions; Buddhism - Tibetan; Spirituality - Shamanism; Religion / Buddhism; Buddhism - General; Achi lhamo (Dance); Buddhism; Cham (Dance); Rituals
First sentence: Each year-on the twenty-ninth day of the twefth month of the Tibetan calendar-at Namgyal College in Dharamsala, a small procession of ritual masters, horn blowers, cymbal players, drummers, and a master of ceremonies walk under a canopy through the courtyard.