Buddhist monks perform Cham dance at the Drigung Monastery in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 9, 2021. Cham dance is a masked and costumed ritual performed by Tibetan Buddhist ...

Buddhist monks watch an annual Cham dance event to pray for good harvest and peaceful life at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 22, 2020.

A Buddhist Lama in Traditional attire performs during Cham dance at a monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Sulav Shrestha) KATHMANDU, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The monks in Nepal took up ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks perform during a Cham dance ritual at the Qoide Monastery in Gonggar county of Shannan prefecture, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Feb 19, 2019. Dressed in colorful ...

At Ladakh’s Karsha Monastery, nestled in the Zanskar valley known for the famous Chadar trek, some 230 kilometres from Kargil, Buddhist monks are busy preparing for the annual monastic festival — ...

XINING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The day before an annual lamp festival, the Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province was already full of pious believers and tourists eager to catch a glimpse ...

PART ONE: The Tibetan Ritual Dance Tradition of "Cham" and Its Contemporary Manifestations The Multiple Meanings and Uses of Tibetan Ritual Dance: "Cham" in Context The Multiple Meanings and Uses of ...

The Ladakh Festival celebrates the ancient traditions preserved by the locals. One of those traditions is the 'Cham' dance, a spiritual dance performed by a select number of monks after days of ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks perform cham dance during a ritual at Pakmo Monastery in Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 20, 2015. The dance, called "cham" in Tibetan language, is ...