There are many different Tibetan festivals making up our list of Lhasa festivals and events. Tibetan New Year, the Shoton Festival, and the Thangka Festival, when a giant Buddha painting is unfurled, are the highlights. Other festivals are associated with Buddhist monasteries and local traditions and customs.
Lhasa Festivals and Events List
Tibet Shoton Festival in 2022
Aug. 27
Shoton is Tibetan. Sho signifies ‘yogurt’, while ton signifies ‘feast’. So the Shoton Celebration is the day for eating yogurt. As of late, the headliner of the Shoton Celebration has been Tibetan emotional shows, so it is called Tibetan Dramas Celebration…
Tibetan New Year/Losar in 2023 – The Most Important Festival in Tibet
Feb. 21
Tibetan New Year is the main celebration in the Tibetan schedule, otherwise called Losar. Losar has rich and intriguing exercises, including reciting, the death of fire lights, and moving. Be that as it may, Tibet isn’t available to outsiders during the celebration…
Monlam Prayer Festival in 2023
Feb.24 – Blemish. 7
The Monlam Petition Celebration, celebrated from the fourth day to the fifteenth day of the Tibetan schedule, is a celebration for Buddhists to recollect the marvels Buddha did and supplicate. You can visit the sanctuaries and see large number of Buddhists love during the Monlam Celebration…
Tibet Butter Lamp Festival in 2023
Damage. 7
The Tibetan Spread Light Celebration falls on the fifteenth day of the Tibetan schedule. On that day, local people and Buddhists utilize Tibetan margarine and color to make dazzling models to recognize Shakyamuni Buddha’s incredible legend…
Saga Dawa Festival in 2022
Jun. 14 Saga Dawa Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar. This festival honors the whole life of Shakyamuni Buddha. Massive activities, including going to temples, praying, and lighting plenty of butter lamps, are held…
Buddha’s Sermon Festival in 2022
Buddha Shakyamuni’s First Teaching The Choekor Duechen (or Chokor Duchen) Festival is to commemorate Shakyamuni Buddha’s first teaching and the first turning of the Wheel of Dharma and the teac…
Tibetan Bathing Festival (Garma Ri Gi) in 2022
Sep. 2-Sep. 7
Garma Ri Gi is Tibetan for the ‘washing celebration’. This celebration is a yearly drawn out celebration. During the seven days, people, youthful and old, all go down into the stream to clean up…
Palden Lhamo Festival in 2022
Jul. 7
Palden Lhamo Celebration respects a furious divinity named Palden Lhamo. Individuals consider her as a god that safeguards the principal heads of the Tibetan religion: the Panchen Lama and the Dalai Lama. You can go to Barkhor Road to see the love of the goddess…
The Thangka Unveiling at Tashilhunpo in 2022
Jul. 12 – Jul. 14
As the political, financial, and social focal point of the Tibetan religion, there are numerous strict celebrations held in Lhasa. The Thangka Divulging at Tashilhunpo Religious community is one of them. It is a Thangka love celebration where tremendous Thangkas (Buddhist embroideries) are shown.
Ganden Thangka Festival in 2022
Aug. 12
Ganden Thangka Celebration is a significant yearly celebration at the old Ganden Religious community. On the 10th day of the 6th month of the Tibetan schedule, individuals circle the remnants of the sanctuary, enter inside to see the Buddha thangka (embroidery), ask, and get favored.
Buddha’s Descent Day (Lhabab Duchen) in 2022
Nov. 15
The Lhabab Duchen celebration, likewise called Duchen Celebration, is a Tibetan Buddhist celebration that observes Shakyamuni Buddha getting back to earth in the wake of going to the 33 sky to save his mom. The date falls on the 22nd day of the 10th month of the Tibetan schedule.
Zamling Chisang (Samye Dhoede) in 2022
Jul. 13
Zamling Chisang is a festival that celebrates the founding of Samye Monastery and the achievements of Guru Rinpoche. It falls on the fifteenth day of the fifth month of the Tibetan calendar. It is a traditional festival with strong Tibet characteristics.
Nagqu Horse Racing Festival in 2022
Oct. 8
The Tibetan (Zang) nationality has an extraordinary profound association with ponies, as do most itinerant people groups of the world. Nagqu Horse Racing Celebration is the best and most stupendous celebration in Northern Tibet. In the event that you are arranging a Tibet visit in the late spring, you shouldn’t miss it.
Gyantse Horse Race Festival in 2022
Jul. 28 – Jul. 30
Gyantse is an old town in Tibet, which was significant in Tibetan history. Gyantse Horse Race Celebration is the most excellent celebration in the district of Shigatse. Individuals wear their trademark ethnic ensembles to go to the celebration.
