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Cultural Programs

The cultural show in Bhutan are performed during special occasion, events and religious feast. The cultural show for our guests is performed into three parts by group of experienced dancers and singers.

Folk Dances & Singing:
Few of the dance items for the cultural show like welcome dance, concluding dance and other folk dances are performed in full colorful traditional Bhutanese costumes. If you wish, you get to involve with them to dance at the last of the program.

Religious Chams:
Couple of religious chams or mask dances is performed in traditional costumes, which is same as mask dances performed during religious festivals in Bhutan. You get better opportunity to photograph the dancers.

Nomadic Performance:
The nomadic people living in various parts of Bhutan have special costume, tradition and sports. In order to promote their best practiced culture and tradition, our cultural group includes nomadic dances as well.

Sample of items performed during cultural shows are given below, the item may not be same but the concept of the show will be same. Therefore the list given below is for your reference only.

  1. 1. Joenpa Legso (welcome dance): Welcome dance is performed during any special occasion to welcome the guest and believed to bring the good luck in gathering.
  2. 2. Shazam Cham (dance of deers): This is popular mask dance which is usually performed as opening dance during the religious festival in Bhutan. This dance signifies the four stages of the human world.
  3. 3. Flute dance (Instrumental dance): This dance is performs by the female dancers each carrying a flute.
  4. 4. Nga Ging cham (Dance of Gings): Gings are spiritual beings whose dances were revealed in a vision to the great saint call Pema Lingpa. The dancer carries drum and called Nga Ging cham.
  5. 5. Karmala Lingi (Bumthap dance): This dance was first performed in Bumthang at the large gather to bring good luck to the people at the presence of Guru Rimpoche, when he first visited Bhutan.
  6. 6. Sa Dida Sa Ngo (The dance of victory): This is performed to remember great master Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, who came to Bhutan in 1616. This is a victory song.
  7. 7. Sakten Dance (The dance of Nomadic people): This is performed by nomadic people who live in the eastern part of Bhutan.
  8. 8. Archery (Bhutanese National game): This is one of the most interesting game in our country and also called our national game. Archery was played by men carrying bow and arrows. We also perform this dance in gathered places to show how Archery was played.
 

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