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The
Sipa-Chi-Doe in Mongar |
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Sipa-Chi-Doe
and Damsi Torma in Mongar |
2001
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| Thousands
of people rushed to dismantle the Doe (a great altar representing the universe)
and take home what ever they could obtain of the precious offerings as
the nine-day Sipa-Chi-Doe and Damsi Torma Kurim ceremonyconcluded in Mongar. Organisers said that more than 60,000 people from the six
eastern dzongkhags and from other parts of the country attended the sacred
ceremony which was conducted for the well being of His Majesty the King,
the nation, and the Bhutanese people.
A
65-year old man from Drametsi said that, as true Buddhists, the people
believed that the ceremony will protect the nation against all natural
calamities, famine, drought and war. "It is through the strength of our
important religious traditions that the legacy of the Palden Drukpa has
been handed down from generation to generation of Bhutanese people," he
said.
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our country is going through a difficult time, it is reassuring that religion
continues to play a vital role," said the principal of Trashi Yangtse Rigney
School, Lam Kezang. |
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The
Sipa-Chi-Doe and Damsi Torma Kurim was sponsored and organisedby the nation's
business community. According to the president of the Bhutan Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, Dasho Ugyen Dorji, the business community had raised
the funds, totaling more than Nu. 5.5 million, and requested His Holiness
the Je Khenpo to conduct the ceremony for the well-being of the Tsawa Sum.
His
Holiness the Je Khenpo explained that the Sipa-Chi-Doe and Damsi Torma
offering was made to all the deities and sentient beings in the universe
to balance the forces of good and evil. Great Bhutanese Lamas of the past
had prophesised that this sacred offering ceremony would protect the nation
against all threats, uphold religious traditions, safe guard the degeneration
of spiritual values, and ensure peace and prosperity in the country.
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article was contributed by KUENSEL, Bhutan's National Newspaper 2001 |
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