Tibetan cham exorcism ceremony - quasi fantasia

This clip is an a NON-literal reenactment or perhaps “dream“ of a Tibetan Vajrakila exorcism ceremony, generically a member of the larger nexus of shamanic (animal-masked) jump-dance choreographies called ’cham འཆམ་ (Chinese transl.) 查玛). The sequence appears in the 1988 Film “Horse Thief“ (daoma zei), dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang. Though the ’cham dancers are lamaist monks affiliated with “Yellow Hat“ tantric Buddhism, the ceremony descends from pre-Buddhist folk ritual originally carrying out human sacrif