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Lets Know About The Tibet Fastivals 2020
Festivals are special highlight of Tibet tour as hundreds of monasteries and thousands of monks have preserved the Tibetan culture authentically. Tibetan Buddhism celebrates all the major and minor festival with the greatest joy which includes all the locals. As a tourist, one will feel really blessed to witness the iconic Tibetan festival full of music, colors and local food.
Generally in all festivals people wears their best new dress, visit monasteries and chapels-shrines offering Khada (silk scarf), butter for the lamps and incense as well fruits-biscuits, money and food grains, most of the festival are celebrated dancing and singing, having rich meals and merrymaking, where several games and sports are also held to mark the occasion like archery and horse race.
The main festivals celebration in Tibet as given below:
| S.N. | Date & Time | Speciality |
|---|---|---|
| 01. | 1st Month around 1st -7th Feb | Merrymaking, horse racing, dancing and as well as gambling. |
| 02. | 1st Month around 14th -25th Feb | Monlam Festival originated by Tsong Khapa. |
| 03. | 1st Month around 15th Feb | Festival of Light All local monasteries and houses are illuminated with butter lamps with prayer service. |
| 04. | 2nd Month 21st March | Offering and assemble of Lamas (Tshog chho) Priest and monks known as Lamas of Sera-Drepung and Ganden monasteries assemble in Lhasa for the offering and prayer. |
| 05. | 2nd Month 28th-29th March | Festival to drive out Evil where Lamas surround the city of Lhasa with trumpets and chanting. |
| 06. | 3rd Month 8th April | Official ending of winter months / seasons and celebrate the beginning of spring season. |
| 07. | 4th Month 7th May | Birth of Sakyamuni Buddha ‘Saga Dawa’ visit monasteries and offer prayer and light lamps. |
| 08. | 4th Month 15th May | Lamps with outdoor opera and releasing captures animals and birds. |
| 09. | 5th Month 14th – 16th June | In Shigatse (Tibet’s 2nd biggest cities) with celebration. |
| 10. | 5th Month 15th -24th June | Worship of Buddha with picnics and parties in various parks and in Norbulinka (summer palace of Dalai Lama) |
| 11. | 6th Month 4th July | Minor festival of lights to celebrate Buddha’s first sermon. |
| 12. | 6th Month 30th - 31st July | Foil the Devil visits Drepung monastery to watch dancers. |
| 13. | 8th Month 1st – 07th September | Harvest Festival prayers, singing dancing and partying. |
| 14. | 8th Month 1st – 10th September. | Dajyur festival of Gyantse Games and Horse Race. |
| 15. | 9th Month 22nd October | Buddha descent from heaven after preaching his mother |
Please note that the dates above can differ as per Tibetan Lunar calendar.
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