I found this really beautiful picture that my friend sent to me, and lets see how many protectors that we can identify
If i am not mistaken, this picture was taken after the performance of a cham dance.
I see Setrap(?) Mahakala, Dorje Shugden, Kalarupa. I cant identify the rest tho, and who is the Dharma protector/ Cham dancer with a lighting rod?
Perhaps one day we can be lucky enough to see the Cham dance of Tulku Dragpa Gyaltsen's biography, what powerful blessings it can bring to those viewing!
This is what a cham dance is, according to Wikipedia.
Cham dance
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The Black Hat Dance, or shana.[1]
The cham dance (Tibetan and Dzongkha: ?; Wylie: 'cham),[2][3] also spelled tscham or chaam, is a lively masked and costumed dance associated with some sects of Buddhism, and is part of Buddhist festivals. The dance is accompanied by music played by monks using traditional Tibetan instruments. The dances often offer moral instruction relating to compassion for sentient beings and are held to bring merit to all who perceive them.[1][4]
Cham dances are considered a form of meditation, and an offering to the gods. The leader of the cham is typically a musician, keeping time using some percussion instrument like cymbals, the one exception being Dramyin Cham - where time is kept using dramyin.