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Fair
and Festival of Sikkim |
Phang
Labsol
At
this festival the snowy
range of Kanchendzonga
is worshipped for its
unifying powers. This
festival also marks
the signing of the treaty
of brotherhood between
the Lepchas and Bhutias.
The local deities were
invoked to witness the
historic occasion. The
guardian deity is portrayed
by a masked Lama dancer
as a fiery red-faced
deity wearing a crown
of five skulls and riding
a snow-lion, a truly
colourful spectacle
indeed.
Bum-chu
Bum
- means "Pot or
Vase" Chu - means
"Water. The pot
containing the Holy
water is opened by the
Lamas of the monastery.
The level of water in
the pot tells of things
to come in the forthcoming
year. If the water is
to the brim, it prophesies
bloodshed and disturbances
and if the pot is almost
dry it signifies famine.
However, if it is half
full it foretells a
year in which peace
and prosperity will
reign. A part of the
holy water is distributed
amongst the participants
and then the pot is
replenished with river
water and sealed at
the end of the festival
to be opened only in
the next Bumchu.
Lhabab
Dhuechen
This
festival symbolises
the descent of Lord
Buddha from the heavens.
Lha - means "Heaven"
Bab - means "Descent".
Legend has it that when
Lord Buddha attained
Enlightenment, through
his spiritual powers
he got to know of the
whereabouts of his mother
and at the age of forty
one ascended to the
heavens along with thousands
of his followers. He
stayed in heaven for
three months where he
preached to his mother
but other celestial.
Maugalyayana, Buddha's
disciple who was on
earth as his representative
and who also possessed
miraculous powers went
up to heaven to ask
the Lord to return back
to the earth. The gods
were unwilling to let
Lord Buddha return to
earth so Maugalyanana
suggested that the celestial
beings could come to
earth instead to attend
his preachings. So Lord
Buddha decided to come
back to earth at a place
called Sankasya along
a triple ladder that
was prepared especially
for the occasion by
Viswakarma, the God
of Machines. This festival
hence celebrates this
legend of the Lord Buddha.
Saga
Dawa
Saga
Dawa is a festival that
celebrates and marks
the various stages in
Buddha's life, namely
his birth, his enlightenment
and finally his nirvana.
Drupka
Tekshi
This
festival celebrates
Buddha's first preaching
of the four "Noble
Truths" to his
first five disciples
in Deer Park at Sarnath.
At Gangtok, there are
prayers at the Deer
Park and at a secluded
place called Muguthang
in extreme North Sikkim,
followed by a Yak race.
DANCES
OF SIKKIM
Khang-chen-dzod-nga
Dance: The two day festival
of dance performed during
the worship of snowy
range of Kanchanjunga
(Khang-chen-dzod-nga)
is a dance peculiar
to Sikkim alone. It
is celebrated in September.
The third Chogyal of
Sikkim, Chador Namgyal
(1686-1716) introduced
this dance about two
and a half centuries
ago as a result of a
vision.
Kanchendzonga
is portrayed as a fiery
red - countenanced deity
with a crown of five
skulls, riding the mythical
snow lion and holding
aloft the banner of
victory. Esoteric masks,
flashing silks, opulent
brocades and embroidered
boots are the costumes
of the dancers. The
dancers are all male.
In this warrior Dance
the warlike pomp and
panoply, the war deity
resplendent the flaming
robes, the fantastic
Snow lion, comprise
the essence of the dance.
This mask dance is termed
as Singhi Dance i.e.
Lion Dance by Nepalese.
They visualise the ferocious
god of Kanchanjunga
riding over a lion and
hence call this dance
as Singhi Dance.
Black
Hat (Kali topi) Dance:
On Lossoong, the Sikkimese
New Year Day, Black
Hat (kali topi) Dance
demonstrating the triumph
of good over evil is
demonstrated. This masked
dance is also performed
by male dancers mostly
the Lamas. The dance
revives the old story
which narrates that
about twelve centuries
ago King Land-Darma
was slain for suppressing
Buddhism in Tibet. The
king was slain by a
Lama wearing a fantastic
black robe lined with
white and riding a white
horse blackened with
soot .
Other
dances are 'Bara Singha
Dance (the Stag dance)
and Kankal Dance (the
Skeleton Dance) and
folk dances like, the
Limbus celebrating a
good harvest. There
are some soft rhythm
dances too in which
women can participate.
The Tamang (Dampu Dance
)and Maruni dances (Nepali
Dance) are such in which
a couple wavering lighted
tapers on their open
palms participate. The
Limbus perform the Dhol
Dance after harvesting
their paddy crop. Lepcha
people also perform
a group dance after
harvests. The Lepcha
folk dances are quite
bristle and Gay. The
Sikkimese dances find
their roots in the traditional
culture seasonal cycles
of this fabled Himalayan
state.
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