Out and About 07: Соёнбот oрон temple official opening celebration

This article records the celebration at Delgeruun Choira, where Zava Damdin Rinpoche (b.1976), Mongolian and Tibetan Lamas and lams, families, dancers, musicians, and singers gathered for the opening of the new temple (Соёнбот орон). Please refer to the Index of Out-n-About and Articles for other works that may be of interest.

The new temple at Delgeruun Choira (Соёнбот орон) in Delgertsogt Sum, Mongolia was officially opened on 15 August 2017. After the consecration led by Zava Damdin Rinpoche in conjunction with other Mongolian and Tibetan prelates and lams, a concert was held for the many families who travelled the long distances from UB and elsewhere to join in the celebrations.

Many of Mongolia’s best musical and other artists performed, including Urtnasan (principal dancer) and other members of the Mongolian National Folk Song and Dance Ensemble. Zagdochir (Teacher of Mongol Humii) and other artists from the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture (MSUAC) also performed. These photographs give but a glimpse of what was a spectacular twilight-into-evening’s entertainment and celebration.

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FURTHER READING

For a closer view of the temple’s interior and ritual setting, see Artscape 06: Соёнбот орон central temple room

For more on the opening and consecration of the temple, see Landscape 04: соёнбот орон temple consecration

Readers interested in the cultural and scriptural continuities surrounding the new temple may also wish to read Artscape 05: Соёнбот орон: invoking culture-scriptural continuities

Note: I wish to thank the Abbot Zava Damdin Rinpoche (b. 1976) for making available the resources from which I write. Prepared by C.Pleteshner, Research Fellow (Nomadic and Buddhist Philosophies) for The Zava Damdin Scripture and Sutra Institute of Mongolia.

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