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The Je Khenpo (Tibetan: རྗེ་མཁན་པོ་, Wylie: Rje Mkhan-po; "The Chief Abbot of the Central Monastic Body of Bhutan" [1]), formerly called the Dharma Raja by orientalists, is the title given to the senior religious hierarch of Bhutan.
Dramyin Cham (Dzongkha: Dramnyen Cham) is a form of Cham dance, a masked and costumed dance performed in Tibetan Buddhism ceremonies in Bhutan, Sikkim, Himalayan West Bengal and Tibet (where they have been outlawed). They are a focal point of the Bhutanese festivals of Tsechu.
The Drametse Ngacham (meaning "mask dance of the drums from Drametse", nga means "drum" and cham means "mask dance") [1] is a sacred dance performed in the village of Drametse in eastern Bhutan. [2] It is performed twice a year during the Drametse festival, which occurs on the fifth and tenth months of the Bhutanese calendar. [2]
Ngawang Jamphel (born 1992), Bhutanese footballer Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910–2009), Tibetan senior official with various military and political responsibilities Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga (born 1945), the 41st Sakya Trizin, the throne holder of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism 1952–2017
Je Thrizur was awarded Ngadag Pelgi Khorlo or the Order of the Druk Gyalpo, Bhutan's highest honor, for his contributions to the Buddhist religion and to the central monastic body by the Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in 2008. [1] He belonged to the Drukpa Lineage of Tibetan and Bhutanese Buddhism. His teachings were followed by ...
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The Royal Academy of Performing Arts (RAPA) renamed as the Traditional Performing Arts and Music Division [1] is a Bhutanese government body within the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Culture and Dzongkha Development, [2] that supports the preservation of traditional Bhutanese culture.
Bhutan was first united in the 17th century, during the reign of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1652); the same period saw a great blossoming of folk music and dance. . Religious music is usually chanted, and its lyrics and dance often reenact namtars, spiritual biographies of saints, and feature distinctive masks and cos