- Title: CHINA: SACRED BUDDHIST MASKED DANCES ENJOYING REVIVAL IN TIBETAN AREAS OF CHINA
- Date: 25th February 1998
- Summary: XIAHE, GANNAN AUTONOMOUS TIBETAN COUNTY, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA (RECENT) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. WS TIBETAN LAMAS ARRIVING AT AREA IN FRONT OF LABRANG MONASTERY, AT START OF PERFORMANCE OF SACRED 'CHAM' DANCES DURING THE GREAT PRAYER FESTIVAL 0.06 2. SLV SENIOR LAMAS WATCHING START OF CEREMONY 0.11 3. LV LAMAS PLAYING CYMBALS 0.16 4. SV WOMAN PILGRIM PRAYING 0.22 5. WS/LV START OF MASKED DANCES, YOUNG MONKS KNOWN AS TURDAK PERFORMING 'SKELETON DANCE' (2 SHOTS) 0.36 6. SLV MONKS WEARING SKULL MASKS 0.42 7. LIVING BUDDHA GAMPYANG ZHERPA (JIAMUJANG IN CHINESE), SIXTH INCARNATION OF THE MONASTERY'S WS/SLV SPIRITUAL LEADER, AND THIRD IN TIBETAN HIERARCHY (AFTER DALAI AND PANCHEN LAMAS) (2 SHOTS) 0.50 8. LV SKELETON DANCERS DANCING IN FRONT OF SENIOR LAMAS 0.55 9. SCU SKULL MASK 1.00 10. WS HUNDREDS OF TIBETAN MONKS WATCHING 1.05 11. LV END OF SKELETON DANCE PERFORMANCE, MONKS PICKING UP YOUNG DANCER AND HELPING HIM BACK INTO THE HALL 1.14 12. HIGH VIEW OF CHAM DANCES, THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS WATCHING 1.19 13. SLV/SV GONGQU JIAZUO, 21, MONK AT LABRANG MONASTERY, SAYING "PILGRIMS COME TO THIS MONASTERY TO SEE THE LAMAS, TO WATCH CEREMONIES. BY WATCHING THESE (PERFORMANCES), THEY HOPE TO GAIN SALVATION; SO THEY COME TO WATCH THESE DANCES" (MANDARIN) (2 SHOTS) 1.37 14. PAN MONKS BANGING CYMBALS, WITH MONKS IN TIGER COSTUME WALKING BEHIND 1.44 15. SLV DRUMS WITH PAINTED SKULLS 1.47 16. SV DANCER WEARING FIERCE GREEN MASK, BRANDISHING A KNIFE 1.55 17. SV PILGRIMS WEARING THICK COATS LINED WITH LEOPARDS' SKINS WATCHING PERFORMANCE 2.01 18. WS 'BLACK HAT' DANCE, AIMED AT KILLING MALEVOLENT SPIRITS AND FORCES OPPOSED TO BUDDHISM 2.11 19. SV 'BLACK HAT' DANCERS, WIELDING KNIVES 2.23 20. WIDE VIEW OF BLACK HAT DANCE, WITH THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS AND MONKS WATCHING 2.36 21. LV YOUNG MONKS RUNNING INSIDE THE MONASTERY 2.41 22. SV PILGRIM DORJE DASHTI, 21, SAYING "TODAY I MET WITH A LIVING BUDDHA AND WAS INSPIRED BY THE HIM AND BY THE CEREMONY. NOW I WANT TO BE A BETTER BUDDHIST AND BE MORE MERCIFUL, LIKE THE LIVING BUDDHAS" (TIBETAN) 2.55 23. HIGH VIEW OF END OF MASKED DANCES, AS PROCESSION OF HORSEMEN, MONKS AND PILGRIMS PERPARE TO BURN EFFIGY SYMBOLISING EVIL FORCES OPPOSED TO BUDDHISM, HORSE FRIGHTENED BY FIRECRACKERS (2 SHOTS) 3.02 24. HAS BUDDHIST DEVOTEE FIRING GUN INTO THE AIR, TO WARD OFF EVIL FORCES AND CELEBRATE TIBETAN NEW YEAR 3.10 25. WS LAMAS BLOWING HUGE TRUMPETS 3.16 26. SV YOUNG BOY WATCHING FROM ROOFTOP 3.22 27. HAS LAMAS BRINGING EFFIGY, THEN SETTING IT ON FIRE, FLAMES GOING UP INTO THE AIR/PEOPLE THROWING FIRECRACKERS INTO THE CROWD (3 SHOTS) 3.37 28. SLV MEN FIRING MACHINE GUN INTO THE AIR AS PART OF THE CELEBRATIONS 3.41 29. WS PROCESSION LEAVING AT THE END OF THE CEREMONY 3.49 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: XIAHE, GANNAN TIBETAN AUTONOMOUS COUNTY, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA
- Country: China
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