Mongolian Tsam masked-dance tradition
Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Mongolian Tsam masked-dance tradition is cataloged as a Rite / ceremony within Central, North & Inner Asian. Its candidate country context is “Mongolia” and its period or origin is “Historically documented; suppressed in the 20th century and revived.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Mongolian Buddhism.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Mongol Tsam; Tsam; Cham dance in Mongolia; цам
- Parent tradition
- Mongolian Buddhism
- Public geographic context
- Mongolia
- Period / origin
- Historically documented; suppressed in the 20th century and revived
- Living / historical status
- Revived living monastic tradition
- Access / protocol
- Institution-specific
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateMongolia
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Mongolian Tsam masked-dance tradition. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1366. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1366
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