Monks from Nepal to celebrate the Lama Dance

Lama Dance at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Cultural enthusiasts can catch this Lama Dance at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 2 and Nov 3.

The Lama Dance also known as mask dance is a ritual to expel evil forces and bring good fortune.

In Tibet, thesacred dance called Lama Dance is steeped in tradition. Introduced by the great master Padmasambhava, the Lama Dance is a cleansing ritual of sorts. Padmasambhava, also known as the Second Buddha or Guru Rinpoche, was a sage guru from Oddiyana, north western Classical India (Swat Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) who brought Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet, Bhutan and neighbouring countries in the 8th century AD.