Tibetan Sacred Dances
Tibetan Sacred Dances

Summary/Abstract: Entering the world of Tibetan spirituality, we observe a multitude of rituals thatinvolve movement and music, used by the monks for various therapeutic and ritualicpurposes. The history of Tibetan dance – the Cham tradition - runs in parallel with thehistory of Buddhism on this territory. Information on these rituals and dances is found invery few Tibetan documents, almost none in European works, and recently in several worksprinted in English. This can be explained by their oral transmission in special schools, as wellas in secret initiations. As the title mentions, in this article, we will discuss the sacred dancesof the Tibetans and not the folk ones. Thus, in the following pages, we will mention some ofthe dances practiced within the sacred rituals by Tibetan monks.

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