Dansant Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Why is it called the D'Jampo dance? Link to comment
rg Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 the following text was found on Google Books. f.y.i. Link to comment
FireDancer Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 On 9/24/2017 at 4:02 PM, Dansant said: Why is it called the D'Jampo dance? Hi, I think it is Danse D' Jambe, as in "de jambe", "of the leg". Link to comment
mille-feuille Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 I've seen it spelled D'Jampe. I've always (perhaps naively) thought it referred to jumping, since the choreography is so jump-heavy. That would be so cool if it had to do with the Bhutanese tradition of Jampe, though. Link to comment
FireDancer Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 Yes, it's spelled D'Jampe but I was assuming it had lost the proper spelling as some things do... I could be wrong. However, as you can see in the book excerpt, women were not allowed be part of the dances. But who knows... Maybe it was based on that. I'm curious! Link to comment
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