How Mongolian Tsam Dance Has Become Mobile Through Natsag Gankhuyag

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Mungunchimeg Batmunkh

Abstract

Since the early 2000s, the Mongolian Buddhist masked ritual dance, in the Khalkh-Mongolian language called Tsam, has been re-introduced into the Mongolian religious field. Nowadays, a couple of Buddhist monasteries in Mongolia perform the Tsam once a year. Based on narrative interview material, this article examines the revival of the cultural Mongolian mask dance Tsam by the artist N. Gankhuyag. Theoretically drawing on performance theory as developed by Richard Schechner, it aims to contribute to an understanding of “Gankhuyag’s Tsam” as a mobile cultural artefact that contributes to a revival of a cultural tradition outside the monastic context in today’s Mongolia.

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Batmunkh, M. (2020). How Mongolian Tsam Dance Has Become Mobile Through Natsag Gankhuyag. Acta Mongolica, 19(539), 127–136. Retrieved from https://journal.num.edu.mn/actamongolica/article/view/5632
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Mungunchimeg Batmunkh, Institute for the Science of Religion and Central Asian Studies at the University of Bern, Switzerland

Dr. phil. Mungunchimeg Batmunkh studied Theatre, Film, and Media Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria.

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