ཨེ་མ་ཧོ་ སྐྱིད་རོང་གཞས་། Aemaho Kyirong Dance by Nepal Lhamo Tsokpa (Chaksam, Shoton Festival 2015)

During the festival of 2015 Shoton festival in Dharamsala. Nepal Tibetan Opera Group performed Chaksam Namthar. Here is the short clip of kyirong dance which was dance infront of Kyirong Jowo. Actually this dance was performed as local people were very happy as Kyirong Jowo speak. This dance is teached by Genla Tenzin Namgyal where he learned from local kyirong.
As an aside, it is said that Kyirong (“Happy town,” in Tibetan) came to be named as such because the coming of the Jowo Wati Sangpo statue brought happiness to its residents.
The Kyirong Jowo is one of the three most ancient sacred Buddha images brought to Tibet in the 8th century from Nepal. The highly venerated sandalwood sculpture has a long history in legends of Tibet as a self-formed image of the Tibetan emperor Songtsen Gampo's protective deity. In 1959, the Kyirong Jowo escaped the mass destruction and pillaging of religious statues and paintings that took place in Tibet at the time. The holy Buddha statue was later presented to the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1967 and currently remains at his residence in
Dharamsala.
Arya Wati Sangpo, also known as Kyirong Jowo.
Jowo Wati Sangpo is believed to be a self-manifested statue of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, in sandalwood that appeared in the Nepal-India border region. Avalokiteshvara is known as Chenrezig in Tibetan and is regarded as the patron deity of Tibet. In fact, in Tibetan Chenrezig is referred to as Tibet’s Lhakel, “quota from among the gods.” This is because legend has it that the Buddha of Infinite Light, Amitabha, prophesied in the past that Avalokiteshvara would be the one in the future to “subdue the barbaric Land of Snows.” In his response, Avalokiteshvara committed to Amitabha, “May I have the opportunity to establish all living beings in happiness, beginning with those in the Land of Snows. Until I relieve all living beings, may I never, even for a moment feel like giving up the purpose of others for my own peace and happiness.” According to another version, Avalokiteshvara vowed to Amitabha: “If I should ever get discouraged down there, working with those barbaric Tibetans, may my body be shattered into a thousand pieces.” The Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara and therefore having a special concern for the Tibetan people.
Here I shared more information about Kyirong Chowo.
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