Cham dance

The dances often offer moral instruction relating to karuṇā (compassion) for sentient beings and are held to bring merit to all who perceive them.

[10] The dance is performed by Buddhist monks and operates in two levels, to achieve enlightenment and to destroy evil forces.

[8] In Bhutan, the dances are performed during the annual religious festivals or tshechu, held in the dzong in each district.

The Royal Academy of Performing Arts is the main body which promotes the preservation of the culture of Cham.

Dances are performed during cultural and religious festivals in: Tsam (Mongolian: Цам) dance was not introduced to Mongolia until the early 19th century, however it rapidly gained popularity and visibility with celebrations such as the Tsam festival and the opera Tale of the Moon Cuckoo.

The mass murder of so much of Mongolia's monastic culture seriously threatened the tsam dance with extinction, as few practitioners survived the purges.