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Geg-toe Mecham, Nyimalung Trenda: Final Day of Festival [Wide shot]

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Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture

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Geg-toe Mecham

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Title
Geg-toe Mecham, Nyimalung Trenda: Final Day of Festival [Wide shot]
Additional title: Fire Dance
Names
Core of Culture (Organization) (Producer)
Core of Culture (Organization) (Donor)
Collection

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2005
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 693A
Topics
Dance -- Bhutan
Folk dancing -- Bhutan
Dance -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Rites & ceremonies -- Bhutan
Masks -- Bhutan
Festivals -- Bhutan
Dzongs -- Bhutan -- Bumthang (District)
Bumthang (Bhutan : District)
Torches -- Religious aspects
Torch dances -- Bhutan
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: Nyimalung Trenda, Day Three: June 17, 2005 (Chamjug Rehearsal Day). Thongdrol Jyekha (Guru Rimpoche) (7:00 am) -- Sachak Zhanag Serkemn Cham (9:00 am) -- Geg-Toe Mecham Fire Dance (9:30 am) -- Folk Dance (9:45 am) -- Tsham-Choe Tho-Zam (10:00 am) -- Folk Dance (11:40 am) -- LUNCH BREAK (12 pm) -- Guru Tshengye (with Mi Tshering, the oldest man in the world believed to be 2,533 years old) (1:00 pm) -- Dramitse Nga Cham (3:00 pm).
Venue: Videotaped at the Nyimalung Dratsang (upper balcony looking along right diagonal of arena), in Bumthang, on June 17, 2005.
Acquisition: Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 video file (8 min.) : sound, color
Description
This fire ritual follows immediately upon the lowering of the Thongdrel. Nyimalung Trenda is held for three days on the 8th to the 10th day of the 5th Bhutanese month. The final blessing day coincides with the anniversary of the Birth of Guru Rinpoche. A Chamjug or rehearsal day is held on the 7th day of the Lunar month.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19777531
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 60f67790-8292-0130-74d4-3c075448cc4b
Copyright Notice
Core of Culture
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Item timeline of events

  • 2005: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Geg-toe Mecham" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2005. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/61268fe0-8292-0130-03a6-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Geg-toe Mecham" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 27, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/61268fe0-8292-0130-03a6-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2005). Geg-toe Mecham Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/61268fe0-8292-0130-03a6-3c075448cc4b

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