Sunday, July 27, 2008
Tibetan Prayer Ceremony: Manhattan, July 26th 2008 – Part One
What an amazing experience this was. Heidi, my friend from Boston, took up my offer to stay here for a weekend. Her ‘Tibetan brother’, Wangdak Jigmey, had organised a very intricate two-day ceremony for peace. I hope someone who knows this better than me can perhaps explain it, but Wangdak’s, brother, Shingdrup Rinpoche, is a recognised reincarnation of a Lama, but that might not be accurate. He came from India for the ceremony, and several other members of his family, Buddhist holy people, came in from several other places for this apparently rare event.
It isn’t something I had ever thought about doing, but when Heidi asked me if I would like to go along with her, I obviously had to say yes. We stayed about 7 hours. The dances in the pictures are of the Dance of the Dakinis, the Black Hat dance and parts of the Lingdro, as well as some taken during chanting and one of Shigdrup Rinpoche taken talking with a woman who amazingly, is over 80, with Heidi smiling a little behind them.
There were a lot of small kids who had the greatest time and were as good as gold, and the evening ended with a wonderful dinner or rice, noodles, lightly cooked but highly flavoured vegetables and chopped beef that was truly delicious. And then it was all hands on deck to clean up before leaving with our portion of the food display seen in some of the photos – it is a blessing to take some!
The costumes, colours, chanting, dancing and traditions were all marvellous and the people lovely and warm. You don’t have to be a believer; I’m not; but if you ever have a chance to go to a ceremony, do yourself a favour and go.
The Dance of the Dakinis
I just liked their faces. The woman in the middle is holding a prayer wheel. Each time it goes around, a prayer is sent out into the world.
This came around a couple of time. The white liquid is a ceremonial Tibetan Beer. You drink it from your hand then some people wiped their hands on their hair
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It isn’t something I had ever thought about doing, but when Heidi asked me if I would like to go along with her, I obviously had to say yes. We stayed about 7 hours. The dances in the pictures are of the Dance of the Dakinis, the Black Hat dance and parts of the Lingdro, as well as some taken during chanting and one of Shigdrup Rinpoche taken talking with a woman who amazingly, is over 80, with Heidi smiling a little behind them.
There were a lot of small kids who had the greatest time and were as good as gold, and the evening ended with a wonderful dinner or rice, noodles, lightly cooked but highly flavoured vegetables and chopped beef that was truly delicious. And then it was all hands on deck to clean up before leaving with our portion of the food display seen in some of the photos – it is a blessing to take some!
The costumes, colours, chanting, dancing and traditions were all marvellous and the people lovely and warm. You don’t have to be a believer; I’m not; but if you ever have a chance to go to a ceremony, do yourself a favour and go.
The Dance of the Dakinis
I just liked their faces. The woman in the middle is holding a prayer wheel. Each time it goes around, a prayer is sent out into the world.
This came around a couple of time. The white liquid is a ceremonial Tibetan Beer. You drink it from your hand then some people wiped their hands on their hair
