‘Bliss-whirling’ Tibetan nuns featured at Memorial Union

Nuns dance in homage to feminine principles.

Tibetan Buddhist nuns of Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery in Kathmandu, Nepal, will present “Women’s Freedom and Spiritual Liberation: An Evening of Sacred Performance” at Memorial Union Theater at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8.

Eleven nuns perform colorful masked dances and vibrant harmonic chants. The nuns perform a twirling ritual of homage and praise to the divine feminine principle symbolized in the Sky-Dancers of Tibetan Buddhism. It’s an appropriate dance for these nuns, since the name of their convent, Khachoe Ghakyil, literally means “The Bliss-Whirl of the Sky-Dancers.”

Tickets are $12/adults, $8/students, seniors, children. For ticket information, call the Union box office, (608) 262-2201.