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Photographs in Bhutan

Gonpo and Gonmo dancing wearing big mask Dance of Nubchham during Chha festival of Takila Beautiful scene of dancing Nubchham/Gonpo and Gonmo Lead master (chhampon) Gonpo and Gonmo dance in cirlce to the right of temple Gonpo and Gonmo dancing moving to the back of temple Lead master (chhampon) Gonpo & Gonmo dances by side of temple Gonpo and Gonmo dance in speed action Chhampon (lead master) in colourful silk brocade with Gonpo and Gonmo in thir costume
Gonpo Gonmo and chhampon(lead master) dancing facing to Guru statue Gomnpo Gonmo and Chhampon (lead master) heading to circumambulate temple Gonpo and Gonmo dancing facing towards Murmo village from right side of temple Gonpo and Gonmo dancing facing towards temple Gonmo in beautiful costume in full swing Upholding the Gonmo mask and costume while dancer is exchanging After every certain interval dancers make change since mask is heavy Strong gentlemans about to change the dancer inside the Gonmo costume
People making offering to the Gonpo and Gonmo their fresh grains Gonpo and Gonmo leaded by lead master (chham pon) Nub chham/Gonpo Gonmo dance in full swing to the side of temple The Durdag Cham Dance of the Soomthrang Kangsoel The Durdag Cham Dance of the Soomthrang Kangsoel Leading Gonpo and Gonmo dancers to circumambulate temple Dance of Gonpo and Gonmo in fully dressed costume Dance of Gonpo and Gonmo to the right side of temple from Guru statue
Dance of Gonpo, Gonmo or Nubchham nearby temple at Takila Dance of Gonpo and Gonmo(མགོན་པོ་དང་མགོན་མོ) at different places infront of Doksa people Dance of Gonpo and Gonmo(མགོན་པོ་དང་མགོན་མོ) they dance circumambulating temple Dance of Gonpo and Gonmo(མགོན་པོ་དང་མགོན་མོ) in full swing Dance of Gonpo and Gonmo(མགོན་པོ་དང་མགོན་མོ) to side of temple Dance of Gonpo and Gonmo(མགོན་པོ་དང་མགོན་མོ) Dressing Gonpo mask for the Chha festival They dance inside temple participants facing to the relics inside altar.

Bhutan in Places


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