A monastic dance ('cham) performed in the Bön tradition. The dance presents a group of nine religious protectors, whose leader is the goddess srid pa’i rgyal mo. It is said that the dance was organized by mnyam med shes rab rgyal mtshan (1356-1415), the founder of sman ri monastery; the dance is based on a vision that he had of these nine protector deities: (1) srid pa’i rgyal mo, (2) dmu bdud, (3) btsan, (4) a bse rgyal ba, (5) nyi pang sad, (6) 'dzam sngon, (7) shel khrab can, (8) grags pa seng ge, and (9) sta rgo.

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