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Khaita Practice Meeting in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
April 12—13, 2025
In Tibet Open House in Prague Khaita teachers and practitioners gathered to remember and practice together several complex Khaita dances:
Intensive dancing was complemented by joyful time together (photos below):
“Today we have gathered,we had the good fortune to gather.
Friends, drink chang!
With the chang we are drinking long life.”
– from Ngatso Dering Dzomsong.
M 2.4.04 Sergyi Metok / གསེར་གྱི་མེ་ཏོག / Golden Flower
by Lhalung Tso / ཧོར་གཙང་ལྷ་ལུང་མཚོ།
M 2.3.01 Zhijey Lhandzom / གཞིས་བྱེས་ལྷན་འཛོམས། / Reunion of Those Living in Tibet and Abroad by Lhakar Dolma / ལྷ་དཀར་སྒྲོལ་མ།
M 2.4.09 Gangjong Bumo / གངས་ལྗོངས་བུ་མོ། / A Girl from the Land of Snow
by Yeshe Paltso / ཡེ་ཤེས་དཔལ་མཚོ།
M 3.3.08 Thundril Bodkul / མཐུན་སྒྲིལ་གྱི་འབོད་བསྐུལ། / Appeal for Unity
by Namgyal Choetso / རྣམ་རྒྱལ་ཆོས་མཚོ།
Discovering Tibetan Culture with Khaita songs and dances
Dzamlingar, Spain, Tenerife and ONLINE
November 19–23, 2024
We would like to invite you to a workshop dedicated to deepening our understanding of Khaita and its relation to Tibetan culture and history.
During the workshop, we will explore a variety of topics, including geography, history, and the diverse aspects of Tibetan culture represented in Khaita songs and dances, with particular focus on the work of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Our themes will include the story of Nangsa Wobum and the Ache Lhamo opera, the epic of Gesar of Ling and Tibetan nomads, and the poetry of the Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso—just to name a few.
During the workshop, we will explore a variety of topics, including geography, history, and the diverse aspects of Tibetan culture represented in Khaita songs and dances, with particular focus on the work of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Our themes will include the story of Nangsa Wobum and the Ache Lhamo opera, the epic of Gesar of Ling and Tibetan nomads, and the poetry of the Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso—just to name a few.
Languages: English
If you need translation to other language, write to us!
More info and registration (EN/ES): https://forms.gle/SP1QJ6E1QjK9PgrY8
If you need translation to other language, write to us!
More info and registration (EN/ES): https://forms.gle/SP1QJ6E1QjK9PgrY8
Contribution/Contributo 20€
Khaita Practice Meeting at Gyamtsholing, Venice
Gyamtsholing, Venice
October 26–27, 2024
Taste of a rich Khaita weekend in Venice: a warm and joyful gathering of new and senior teachers and other practitioners who love the Joyful Dances.
We reviewed some slightly more complex but beautiful dances that we worked on a lot in the past with Rinpoche. The Master’s presence and light accompanied us during the weekend, like a warm and bright caress on our hearts.
The meeting was interspersed with enjoyable moments strolling around the city, in pizzerias and local ‘bacari,’ accompanied by our native guides.
Adriana Dal Borgo for The Mirror
Supervision and exam of Khaita Educational Program in Dzamlingar
April 17–19, 2024
Photos by Yulia Petrova, Lubomir Mishna, Lourdes, Monika Marcik, Gisela Martinez, Sharina Techer, Carlos Garcia
Photos from the exam
The supervision and exam for the students of the first cycle of Khaita Educational Program took place on April 17–19 in Dzamling Gar, Tenerife.
Examinees explained simple and complex dances, shared their understanding of Khaita principles, knowledge of its history, goals and other aspects, and explained the basic Khaita movements.
The final task was to study and perform together a dance with complex choreography, Tashi Thogang Nyiwod (བཀྲ་ཤིས་མཐོ་སྒང་ཉི་འོད།, Auspicious Highland Sunshine), which was especially challenging due to the students living in different countries. We performed the dance on the graduation ceremony.
Newly graduated instructors Eva Leick and Martina Krejčová share sharing their impressions and a story of intensive preparation and successful passing of the exam in The Mirror article.
Graduation ceremony: video and photos (below)
Congratulations to the new instructors:
- Issa Cox (Peru)
- Janina Parejo (Spain)
- Anna Jiresch (Austria)
- Alessandra Policreti (Spain)
- Eva Leick (Austria)
- Nadiia Gnatenko (Hungary, Ukraine)
- Clotilde Hubert (France)
- Katerina Drajsajtlova (Czech Republic)
- Martina Krejcova (Czech Republic)
- Sharina Techer (France)
Having a great time together while preparing to the exam and after it.
After exam we went to Khaita picnic on Teide, and tried to shoot the video for to complex dances — Jidkai Trinsang and Choelka Sum. Though the weather was not favourable, we enjoyed dancing, talking, delicious food and great company.
