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Bhutanese
Folk , Drum and Mask Dance
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Bhutan's
Culture - Traditional Dance |
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Drametse
Ngachham, masterpiece of humanity
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Tshechu:
Mask dance
UNESCO has proclaimed Drametse Ngachham:
The mask
dance of the drums from Drametse as a masterpiece of the oral and intangible
cultural heritage of humanity during its third proclamation held in Paris
on November 25, 2005.
The
dance has also received a separate award of US $ 30,000 from Korea.
Bhutan's
candidature file for the event was prepared by a team from the institute
of language and cultural studies. |
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| Drametse Monastery, Mongar
The
recognition, apart from adding Bhutan to the list of countries on the UNESCO
Intangible Cultural Heritage list, is also expected to bring substantial
amount of financial assistance to implement the plan of action proposed
in the candidature file.
The Drametse
Ngachham was first introduced in Drametse following a vision
of a descendent of Terton Pemalingpa, the treasure revealer. |
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Tshechu:
Mask dance
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dance was not performed in other parts of the country until the middle
of the 20th century. For over four centuries the Drametse community had
been the sole custodian of this unique cultural expression of the human
creative genius.
Likely
to be the last proclamation, this international distinction rewards popular
and traditional forms of heritage such as oral expressions, music, rituals,
social practices, traditional craftsmanship or knowledge concerning nature
and the universe. |
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For
the third proclamation an 18-member international jury met in Paris from
November 21 to 24 to review the 65 national and multinational candidatures
submitted by 75 UNESCO member states.
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| Contributed
by Samten Wangchuk, Kuensel, Bhutan's National Newspaper |
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