1. Special Issue: Transformations in Contemporary South Asian Ritual: From Sacred Action to Public Performance (2016).
2. Tetsu Nagasawa is an Associate Profesor at the faculty of social relationshiip at Kyoto Bunkyo University. His main focus of study has been the Myingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and healing systems in Tibet and Japan. Since 2006, he also has been working on the neuroscientific and genetic study of meditation.
3. With a note by Geoffrey Samuel.
摘要
The Dochula Festival's use of Tantric-derived cham dance, in which major protective deities of Bhutan are evoked and celebrated, reflects the significance of both Tantric ritual and Tantric protective deities in the Second Doar War of 2003, the event which the Festival commemorates. This article discusses the Tantric religious background to the war and to the Bhutanese state, and shows how the Dochula dances act out and express core values of Bhutanese society.
目次
Abstract 37 Note by Geoffrey Samuel 37 Introduction 37 The Second Duar War 38 The Glorious Copper-Coloured Mountain and the Dance of the Heroes 38 The Wrathful Guru with Kilaya 39 Mahākāla and the Sovereignty of Bhutan 41 Happy Life and Spiritual Contentment 42 Conclusion 43 Glossary of Tibetan and Bhutanese Terms 44 Acknowledgements 45 References 45 Biographical Sketch 46 Notes 46
