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'''Umdzé''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dbu mdzad'') or chant leader — one of the three principle positions in a monastery, with the [[gekkö]] and the [[chöpön]]. ''U'' means ‘head’ and ''mdzé'' means ‘to act’, or ‘to do’. Therefore, the umdzé is “one who carries out the activity, the one who is heading the rituals.”<ref>Notes from Lama Umdzé Gyaltsen, ''Symbolisme dans les rituels''</ref>
'''Umdzé''' (Tib. དབུ་མཛད་, [[Wyl.]] ''dbu mdzad'') or chant leader — one of the three principle positions in a monastery, with the [[gekkö]] and the [[chöpön]]. ''U'' means ‘head’ and ''mdzé'' means ‘to act’, or ‘to do’. Therefore, the umdzé is “one who carries out the activity, the one who is heading the rituals.”<ref>Notes from Lama Umdzé Gyaltsen, ''Symbolisme dans les rituels''</ref>


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[[Category: Shrine and Ritual]]
[[Category: Shrine and Ritual]]
[[Category: Monasteries]]

Latest revision as of 20:16, 19 May 2018

Umdzé (Tib. དབུ་མཛད་, Wyl. dbu mdzad) or chant leader — one of the three principle positions in a monastery, with the gekkö and the chöpön. U means ‘head’ and mdzé means ‘to act’, or ‘to do’. Therefore, the umdzé is “one who carries out the activity, the one who is heading the rituals.”[1]

Notes

  1. Notes from Lama Umdzé Gyaltsen, Symbolisme dans les rituels