The people in Songpa celebrated their holidays with this mask dance. It consists of twelve parts.

The first part of the mask dance is the Buddhist monks' dance. Twomonks, one wearing a red hat and the other wearing a blue hat, make their way on the stage and dance. The second part begans when another monk appears on the stage. An apostate monk tries to ridicule the other monks but later is rebuked and humiliated.

The third part is the noble men's dance. Because of their physical appearance, they cannot take the government examination, which is, apparently, a shock to the Buddhist monks.


The fourth part is the Buddhists' dance with small drums.

The fifth part is the eight monks' invocation play. Eight monks follow a devout monk who is determined to teach the Buddhist scriptures to the eight monks.

They, however, show no interest in studying the scriptures. In the sixth part, one of the eight monks suddenly has a stomachache. When the other monks fail to heal him, a doctor treats him with acupuncture.

The seventh, eighth and ninth parts are about an old monk's who wants to flirt with a young girl. The tenth part is the noble man' dance. A noble man has his servant to build a pigsty and yet the servant calls the nobleman's family the noble pig.

The eleventh and twelveth parts are about a family tragedy. As an old man flirts with a young woman, his wife dies of the old man's curse, which is followed by their children's exorcism.