Zhana Cham (ཞ་ན་འཆམ་) || Bhutan|| Vajrayana Mask Dance

Zhana Cham (ཞ་ན་འཆམ་) || Bhutan|| Vajrayana Mask Dance
Zhana Cham is a traditional Buddhist sacred mask dance performed in Bhutan, especially during tshechu festivals. It is one of the important cham performed to subdue negative forces and to remind practitioners of compassion, impermanence, and the victory of good over evil. In this dance, monks or lay performers wear distinctive black or dark-colored robes and ferocious masks, usually representing protector deities or wrathful beings. The fierce appearance symbolizes the transformation of ignorance and harmful emotions into wisdom and spiritual liberation