Tsechu (literally "day ten") are annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district or dzongkhag of Bhutan on the tenth day of a month of the lunar Tibetan calendar. Wangdue Phodrang ( Dzongkha: dz དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་རྫོང་ཁག་ The Kingdom of Bhutan (buːˈtɑːn is a Landlocked nation in South Asia. A dzongkhag (རྫོ་ཁག། is the name for a District of Bhutan in the Dzongkha language. A lunar calendar is a Calendar that is based on cycles of the Moon phase. The Tibetan calendar is a Lunisolar calendar, that is the Tibetan year is composed of either 12 or 13 Lunar months each beginning and ending with a New moon The month depends on the place, but usually is around the time of October. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Tsechus are religious festivals of Drukpa Buddhism. A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that Religion. Drukpa (disambiguation The Drukpa ( Tib. འབྲུག་པ / ’brug pa) Druk ~ "dragon" pa ~ "person" — or Drukpa Kagyu The Thimphu tsechu and tha Paro tsechu are among the biggest of the tsechus in terms of participation and audience. Thimphu ( is the Capital of Bhutan, and also the name of the surrounding valley and Dzongkhag Tsechus are large social gatherings, which perform the function of social bonding among people of remote and spread-out villages. Large markets also congregate at the fair locations, leading to brisk commerce. [1]
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Tsechu traditions
The focal point of the tsechus are the sacred Cham Dances, which are banned in neighbouring Tibet. The Cham Dance, associated with some sects of Buddhism, is a lively dance which employs dancers wearing masks and ornamented Costumes. Definitions of Tibet See also Definitions of Tibet Name In English The English word Tibet, like the word for Tibet in most European These costumed, masked dances typically are moral vignettes, or based on incidents from the life of the 9th century Nyingmapa teacher Padmasambhava and other saints. A moral is a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug) Padmasambhava () The Lotus Born, is said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century. [1]
Most tsechus also feature the unfurling of a thongdrel (or thangka) - a large tapestry typically depicting a seated Guru Rinpoche surrounded by holy beings, the mere viewing of which is said to cleanse the viewer of sin. A Thongdrel (alt throngdrel) is a large Tapestry unveiled during Tsechus ' (religious festivals in Bhutan. Tapestry is a form of Textile art. It is woven by hand on a vertical Loom. Padmasambhava () The Lotus Born, is said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century. The thongdrel is unrolled before dawn and rolled up by morning.
History of Tsechus
Padmasambhava, the great Nyingmapa scholar, visited Tibet and Bhutan in the 8th century and 9th century. The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug) The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. He used to convert opponents of Buddhism by performing rites, reciting mantras and finally performing a dance of subjugation to conquer local spirits and gods. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices A mantra ( Devanāgarī मन्त्र (or mantram is a religious or mystical syllable or poem typically from the Sanskrit language He visited Bhutan to aid the dying king Sindhu Raja. Padmasambhava performed a series of such dances in the Bumthang valley to restore the health of the king. The grateful king helped spread Buddhism in Bhutan. Padmasambhava organized the first tsechu in Bumthang, where the eight manifestations of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava being the human form) were presented through eight forms of dances. Bumthang is one of the 20 Dzongkhag (districts comprising Bhutan. Padmasambhava () The Lotus Born, is said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century. These became the Chams depicting the glory of Padmasambhava.
In popular culture
The Bhutanese film Travellers and Magicians is set among a group of travellers, most of whom are going to the Thimphu tsechu. Travellers and Magicians (ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང is a 2003 Bhutanese Dzongkha
Notes
- ^ a b Dancing on the demon's back: the dramnyen dance and song of Bhutan, by Elaine Dobson, John Blacking Symposium: Music Culture and Society, Callaway Centre, University of Western Australia, July 2003
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