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    Lhamoi Dromche

    རི་བོ་ཇིཀྲུ་ཌེཀ
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    Said to have originated in the early 1700s the Lhamoi Drupchen or the Lhamoi Dromchen is a festival conducted in several districts in Bhutan. It is a festival dedicated to the dominant female protective deity of Bhutan, Pelden Lhamo (Maha Kali). Thousands of people gather at the respective fortresses in their best colorful attire to get blessed by the mask and folk dances performed during the festival. The festival also attracts a lot of tourists from all over the world because of its uniqueness and deep tradition and history deeply rooted in it. According to the history, Pelden Lhamo appeared in the dream of Kuenga Gyeltshen who was then the religious chief abbot of Bhutan and showcased some tantric dances which later were enacted during the Drubchens.

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