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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Asian folk dance}}'''Yak dance''' or '''Yak Chham''' or '''Tibetan Yak Dance''' is an Asian [[folk dance]]<ref>{{cite news |title=UNESCO to present Tibetan Yak Dance as Chinese intangible cultural heritage |url=https://www.tibetanreview.net/unesco-to-present-tibetan-yak-dance-as-chinese-intangible-cultural-heritage/ |publisher=[[Tibetan Review]] |date=April 11, 2019}}</ref> performed in the Indian states [[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Sikkim]], union territory [[Ladakh]] and in the southern fringes of the [[Himalayas]] near [[Assam]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kuiper |first1=Kathleen |title=The Culture of India |date=2010 |publisher=Britannica Educational Pub. |isbn=9781615301492 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c8PJFLeURhsC&dq=Yak+Dance&pg=PA281}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Dalaï Lama V. |author2=Walter Graf |author3=René de Nebesky-Wojkowitz |title=Tibetan Religious Dances |date=1976 |publisher=Mouton |isbn=9789027976215 |pages=10, 25, 42, 63, 71, 77, 78, 95, 99, 107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIHbKCpj9HEC&dq=Yak+dance&pg=PA209}}</ref><br />
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The dancer impersonating yak dances with a man mounted on his back. The masked dancer represents the family members (''Theopa Gali''), who are believed to have discovered the [[Yak]] with the help of a magical bird hundreds of years ago. Yak dance is performed to honour the Yak,<ref>{{cite web |title=Culture, Music and Folk Dance |url=https://eastsikkim.nic.in/culture-music-and-folk-dances/ |website=Eastsikkim.nic.in}}</ref> during the [[Losar]] festival, the [[Tibetan New Year]].<br />
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In 2017, the tableaux of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] depicted the Yak dance at the 68th [[Republic Day of India]] celebration at [[Rajpath]], [[New Delhi]]. Yak Dance is one of the most famous pantomimes of the [[Mahayana]] sect of [[Buddhist]] Tribes of [[Arunachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Yak dance from Arunachal Pradesh to be in Republic Day parade next year |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/yak-dance-from-arunachal-pradesh-to-be-in-republic-day-parade-next-year-4437638/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=December 20, 2016}}</ref> It also won first prize as the best Tableau among 22 other participants in 2017 Republic Day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Art & Culture |url=https://tawang.nic.in/art-culture/ |website=Tawang.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Yak Dance of Arunachal Pradesh made history |url=https://arunachal24.in/yak-dance-of-arunachal-pradesh-made-history/ |publisher=Arunachal24 |date=January 27, 2017}}</ref><br />
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