India history and geography

Source: Mandala Texts: Pacham: Dance of the Heroes

Drilbu (དྲིལ་བུ་) refers to a type of bell used in the Pacham dance (དཔའ་འཆམ་), which is a common religious performance which is seen during festivals in Bhutan. It literally means the dance of the heroes and refers to the uninhibited and elegant display of enlightened spirit.—The dancers wear a silk jacket over which they wear the dorji gong (རྡོ་རྗེ་གོང་) the adamantine shoulder cover and the trab (ཀྲབ་) sash forming a cross over them. In the lower part, silk scarves of different colours are hung from a belt with the mentse designs covering the outside layer. They wear loose pink trousers until above the knees. They dance bare feet and hold a small whirling pellet drum called trangti (ཀྲང་ཀྲི་) in their right hand, which they play alternately with the drilbu (དྲིལ་བུ་) bell, which they hold in their left hand. The dance is regulated by the chief musician, who plays a pair of large boerol (བལ་རོལ་) cymbals off the dance stage.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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