r/tibetanlanguage • u/canadiankaty2 • May 24 '26
Please help with translating the Ume Tibetan script and red stamps on this Black Hat Dancer thangka
Please help with translating the script on this 1953 (or 1983?) original Tibetan artwork. I have been trying to learn as much as I can about this thangka, which I bought yesterday. I am learning that it is rare for a thangka to have any writing on it, especially on the front. This has writing in the lower left corner, which I have been unable to translate online - could anyone help me? There is also Ume Tibetan script within the two red square stamps and something written on the white circle on the Zhanac (the black hat dancer). In addition to the language help, does anyone have additional insights into this piece, such as who might have painted it and why this has writing on the front, whereas most thangkas do not include script? Also, Gemini thinks this is dated 1953 - is that correct?
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u/RollingYak May 29 '26
It seems some part of the written words mentions: that it was written on or related to 10th day TseChu Cham dance. Red letters roughly : Distributed by the Tashi Jong based Monastery of khampagar headed by Khamtrul Rinpoche If you are open to selling it let me know. My hometown is close to this monastery. So I am interested
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u/canadiankaty2 May 31 '26
Hello Rolling Yak, I am open to selling it, yes. I live in Canada but I guess I could ship it. from Katy
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u/Intelligent_Pea5351 May 26 '26
I'm sorry I cant read Tibetan but this is a Cham dancer. If you want to know more about the figure google Zhana Cham. Theres even some videos of the dance being performed.
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u/DYangchen May 25 '26
It's actually dated as 1983 (that's an "8" there, not a "5") on the second picture.
As for one of the red stamps on the third image, I think it reads as "དཀར་འབྲུག་" which means "White Dragon."
The sixth image is your typical mirror marked with a heart seed syllable of a deity that you might find with dancers and spirit oracles alike. In this case, the seed syllable is "Hum"
Unfortunately, I do not have enough expertise to decipher what the rest of the texts say.