Chod
Ch枚d, Tibetan for 'cutting', is a Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice whose music consists of melodies sung by the practitioner while playing the damaru hand drum and bell, and on occasion the kangling thighbone trumpet. Founded by the Tibetan yogini *Machig Labdr枚n* in the 11th and 12th centuries, the rite is traditionally performed in charnel grounds and other fearful places, where the singer visualises offering their own body to gods and demons in order to sever attachment to the self. Its tunes, many classed as treasure revelations, pass through lineages of itinerant ch枚dpas.