Tamzhing Lhündrup monks performing the Cham Chen.
Tamzhing Lhündrup Monastery is one of the most important Nyingma monasteries in Bhutan. The Cham Chen, or the Great Dance, is said to have been performed by the monastic Lhalung Pelgyi Dorjé to distract the anti-Buddhist Tibetan king Langdarma, before pulling a bow and arrow from the massive sleeves of his costume to assassinate the king in C.E. 842. This wrathful dance is performed with the
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