Commonly called the Lurol Festival, this festival a celebration of Rebkong’s cultural diversity. Attendees can witness a village medium entering a trance, as well as numerous dances and rituals performed to honor local mountain gods. Joining this festival tour, you will also enjoy captivating summer grasslands and magnificent Buddhist monasteries in the heartland of Amdo.
The festival takes place at the base of Mt. Kailash, and includes participation or observation of various cultural and traditional festivities held in the proximity of Dharpoche. When the festival ends (after about 3 hours), participants will attend a kora (circumambulation trek) and set a big prayer pole around which locals will be saying prayers. This is an authentic Saga Dawa Festival tour organized by local Tibet travel experts!
The Litang Horse Racing Festival is associated with the ancient Zubirishao Festival, the festival of praying around the mountain, on the Tibetan calendar. When the wild flowers and grasses are at their peak, 10 days of horse racing and festival are held to show devotion to the sacred mountain and celebrate the harvest. This is the most important festival of the grasslands. In the 1960’s, the local government fixed the dates for the festival as August 1 to 7.
Shoton is a Tibetan word which means the Yogurt festival, it is also called the summer opera festival in Lhasa. This is because the monks were fed up with much yogurt like a yogurt festival during the summer retreat. During fifth Dalai Lama, Kinds of Tibetan traditional dances like Tashi Sholpa, Tropa and Lhamo opera were held in Norbulingka in Lhasa.
We will witness diverse facets of Bhutanese culture and religion during this tour! At the festival of Tshechu, various mask dances, folk dances, and dance dramas are performed. We will also witness large crowds of spectators dressed in their finest costumes and jewelery. Our local tour guide will explain to you the significance of the day’s events.
