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legend about origin of dance with masks |
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Routine and sequence of the dancing |
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masks of the dancers, specification, images and meaning |
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A legend about origin of dance with masks
The king of Tibet Lamdran destroyed the Buddha religion for 75 years. At that time Lama Palam (Yamandag burelba Lhalam Baldorj) was living in a cave. Someone who respected the religion came to tell him Lamdranns cruelty. Hearing about it Lama Palam promised to abolish the king Lamdran. Then he found a way to do it. He created a dance and made clothes and decorated them very nicely. It was the first model of the dance clothes. He repeated the dance to be very unusual. Then he performed it for 2 main officials of the king Lamdran.
Hearing about the dance the king wanted to see it. The king saw the performance with his queen and others. Then Lama Palam to perform another time, 29th of the last month of the summer. He painted his horse black. At that time people used bow and arrows. He made the sleeves of the clothes very wide and in order to fix the arrow inside. The day came and he shot the king in the end of the performance. Then he rode his painted horse and escaped. He was followed by many soldiers of the king but he wasnnt caught. When he crossed the river paint of the horse cleared.
Since the time people began to celebrate the day as a day of abolishing the enemy of religion and danced.
