bhutanese cham masked dance buddhist lama dancers behind the curtain and waiting for play bumthang central bhutan

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Bhutanese Cham masked dance, Buddhist lama dance, dancers behind the curtain and waiting for the play , Bumthang, central Bhutan. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Bhutanese Cham masked dance, Buddhist lama dance, dancer behind the curtain and waiting for the play, Bumthang, central Bhutan. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Bhutanese Cham masked dance, Buddhist lama dance, dancers behind the curtain and waiting for the play , Bumthang, central Bhutan.

The main forms of dance are spectacular and theatrical masked dances called cham , performed at tsechus and other religious festivals held throughout Bhutan . Dancers wear animal masks , knee length yellow skirts and dancing . this dance represents 100 peaceful and wrathful deities , this dancer playing as a deer head deity . This Bhutanese Dancer who wear a wooden carved mask as a bird head deity , photo taken in Tamshing Goemba , Bumthang , central Bhutan , Himalayan.