Tibetan dance troupe performing Back Hat dance during the event "Festival of India", a month - long extravaganza at Dilli Haat, organised by Delhi tourism in association with Incredible India in Delhi.

The Black Hat dance is an elaborate ritual that took many days to perform in Tibet. The purpose of the ritual is to eliminate the obstacles, which in the individual are the afflictive emotions and misconceptions that cause sufferings.

At the beginning of the dance, the Black Hat Dancers make symbolic offerings of Gold Libation (tea) to the lineage lamas, tutelary deities (different forms of the Buddha) and Dharmapalas (truth protectors), in order to please them and receive their blessings. Then the dancers invite the Dharmapala's consorts and their retinues to join them.

Source: http://www.namgyalmonastery.org/the-rituals/ritual-dances/black-hat-dance/

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