Nangsa Woebum Tibetan Opera from Tibet (Whole Show)

This is an indigenous Tibetan story based on events that occurred around the eleventh century near the town of Gyangtsé, west of Lhasa. Nanga was a beautiful young woman who wanted to devote herself to the Dharma, but her beauty attracted the attention of the local governor, who was seeking a bride for his son. Her parents were in no position to resist the authority of the governor, and Nangsa was taken away to become a bride. After seven years, she gave birth to a son. One day while she was working with others in the fields, two cotton-clad yogis appeared asking for alms.

This story is considered to be based on actual events, and the text of this volume mentions that while Nangsa was at the monastery, she meditated in a cave and that imprints of her cloak can still be seen on its walls “like impressions made in butter.”

Nangsa is often cited as an example of the phenomenon of a death returner (’das log), one who returns to life after death. Many accounts of death-returners are found in Tibetan literature, but Nanga is the only one to have been made into an opera.


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