A dancer wields his sword while performing the Shinjé Yap Yum Cham.
One of the most common sacred masked dances performed during religious festivals in Bhutan is the Shinjé Yap Yum Cham. The dance is often the first performed in a festival’s program as it is believed to subdue negative spirits and harmful influences.
Although known as the Shinjé Yap Yum Cham, or the Dance of the Male and Female Lords of Death, it represents the male and female Yamāntaka
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