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Ganden Thangka Unveiling Festival in Tibet
Tibetan Festivals

Ganden Thangka Unveiling Festival

The Ganden Thangka Unveiling Festival in Tibet is held on the 15th day of the sixth lunar month of Tibetan Calendar in memory of the enlightenment of Tsongkhapa

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Ongkor Festival in Tibet
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Ongkor Festival

Each August in Tibetan Calendar, the Ongkor Festival is held in farming areas to celebrate the bumper harvest; “Ongkor” in Tibetan means “surrounding the farmland.” The celebrations include horse racing, shooting, dancing

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Shoton Festival

the week-long Shoton Festival happens on the last day of the sixth month in Tibetan calendar and it falls on 19 Aug. 2020

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Chokor Duchen Festival
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Chokor Duchen Festival in Tibet

Chokor Duchen Festival in Tibet is one of the four great seasonal festivals (Losar, Saga Dawa, Chokor Duchen and Lhabab Duchen) celebrated by all Tibetan Buddhists. During those times, it is believed that

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Yushu Horse Racing Festival
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Yushu Horse Racing Festival

Yushu Horse Racing Festival is one of the top three horse racing festivals in Tibetan area. The other two are Ngachu Horse Racing Festival and Litang Horse Racing Festival

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Buddha Exhibition in Tashilhunpo Monastery
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Tashilhunpo Monastery Thangka Festival

The festival is held on the 14th to 16th day of the fifth month in the Tibetan calendar, which is normally in around the end of June to the beginning of July. In 2020, the festival will be held from the 4th to 6th of July.

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Tsurphu Temple
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Tsurphu Cham Dance Festival

Tsurphu Cham Dance Festival falls on the 10th day of the forth month in Tibetan Calendar. This cham dance festival is celebrated to commemorate the great Indian guru Padmasambawa who came to Tibet and devoted himself in promoting Buddhism

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