Research Catalog

Title

Chorten Kora. Various shots of circumambulation - outer and inner [electronic resource].

Publication

2005.

Details

Additional Authors

• Core of Culture (Organization)
• Core of Culture. dnr

Description

1 digital video file (ca. 5 min.) : digital, stereo., H.264 file.

Summary

Footage of the temple and scenery outside the temple. There are two main festivals that take place at the Chorten: the Dakpe Kora on the 15th day of the First Lunar month, which sees the circumambulation of the Chorten by the Dakpe people from Tawang, in memory of the eight-year old girl from that place who is said to have offered herself as a sacrifice, and the Drukpe Kora on the 30th day of the First Month which sees the circumambulation of the Chorten by thousands of Bhutanese pilgrims to the site.

Uniform Title

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture.

Alternative Title

• Drukpe Kora, Circumambulation of the Chorten. Various shots of circumambulation - outer and inner
• Circumambulation of the Chorten

Subjects

• Video
• Filmed performances
• Filmed dance
• Dance
• Rites and ceremonies > Bhutan
• Festivals > Bhutan
• Dzongs > Bhutan

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Filmed dance.
• Filmed performances.
• Video.

Note

• Built in Nepalese style based on the model of the Boudhanath stupa in Nepal by Lama Ngawang Loday in 1740. The main statue in the temple is of Guru Rinpoche. It is said that an eight year old girl from Arunachal Pradesh was sacrificed here when she entered the stupa and was immured during its construction. In her memory, the people of Arunachal Pradesh still visit every year for kora (circumambulation) during the great religious festival that is held in mid-March. Also masses of people from all parts of the eastern region come to mark these celebrations, particularly from the valleys of Merak Sakten.

Access (note)

• Open.

Event (note)

• Videotaped on the first floor of the temple, Trashiyangtze Dzong, overlooking Chorten Kora, on Mar. 10, 2005.

Source (note)

• Core of Culture.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 654

OCLC

827226405

Title

Chorten Kora. Various shots of circumambulation - outer and inner [electronic resource].

Imprint

2005.

Country of Producing Entity

Bhutan.

Series

Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture.

Access

Open.

Event

Videotaped on the first floor of the temple, Trashiyangtze Dzong, overlooking Chorten Kora, on Mar. 10, 2005.

Source

Gift; Core of Culture. NN-PD

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Core of Culture (Organization)

Core of Culture. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 654