Mask and costume dances
The dancer becomes a spirit, an animal or a character behind a mask or inside a costume.
🇧🇹 Bhutan and 2 moreCham danceའཆམ་
A masked Buddhist ritual dance performed at festivals in Tibet, Bhutan, and MongoliaRitual dance · Group
🇧🇹 BhutanDrametse Ngacham
A masked drum dance performed by monks in Drametse, eastern BhutanRitual dance · Group
🇮🇳 IndiaYak dance
A Himalayan masked pantomime honoring the yak during the Losar festivalFolk dance
🇰🇷 South KoreaCheoyongmu처용무
A five-person mask dance from Korea, danced to banish bad luck at year's end.Court dance · Group
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cheoyongmu: Sotiale, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Drametse Ngacham: Sabine Blankevoort, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cham dance: Arian Zwegers, CC BY 2.0, source