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The 67th Je Khenpo, Ngawang Thinley Lhundup, died at age 84 on 10 June 2005. He was noted as a strict disciplinarian who would not compromise any rules in managing the Central Monastic Body. He was noted as a strict disciplinarian who would not compromise any rules in managing the Central Monastic Body.
Tenzin Doendrup (referred to as His Holiness Je Thrizur) (1925 – 8 April 2020) was the 68th Je Khenpo of Bhutan who served as the chief abbot of the Zhung Dratshang, the central monastic body of Bhutan, from 1986 to 1990.
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.
Many of his teachings are available on the Siddhartha’s Intent YouTube channel. [4] He is the eldest son of Thinley Norbu, and therefore the grandson of Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje. Rinpoche has teachers from all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and is a follower and champion of the Rimé (non-sectarian) movement.
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
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]
The Bhutanese lama Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche is a well-known filmmaker, who produced and directed The Cup and Travellers and Magicians. While The Cup was shot in a Tibetan monastery in northern India, Travellers and Magicians was the first feature film to be filmed entirely in Bhutan, with a cast consisting entirely of Bhutanese people ...
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