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Fearsome masks and sacred steps: Inside a Tibetan cham dance
The masks, crafted to represent wrathful deities ... a Vajra — a legendary weapon symbolising spiritual power. The cham dance is no mere performance; it is a sacred ritual deeply embedded ...
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AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the ... In the middle of the courtyard there was a shrine-like structure, containing a large mask-like representation of Mahakala, which the ...
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AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped ... of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra. The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the ...