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Tibetan Festivals:
The year of the new Real
The first day of the first month of Tibetan calendar is the Royal New Year in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. This is an important annual festival for Tibetans. At the beginning of the twelfth month of Tibet, Tibetans begin preparing Christmas presents including Auspicious ° ± bushel, with barley flour with butter and corn chips are mixed filled, and ginseng. At the top of the barley flour is to the ear of barley in the mountain regions, the peak of the colorful flowers and the platform has built with butter. At the beginning of New Year’s morning, ¯ s, s to be transported Tibetans, men and women in their hosliday by hand to exchange New Year greetings ¯ dressed and best wishes to the other, namely: Tashi Delek ° ± means auspicious or lucky. After these days is also close to the monasteries to worship Buddha, or sing and dance in the streets or go visit family and friends together to drink to their hearts content ¯ s enjoy the new year. Everyone is intoxicated with the spirit of the festival.
Shoton Festival in Lhasa
In the first of the seventh month or in August in the Gregorian calendar, which traditionally have been forced by the monks, locked in their monasteries for the Buddhist ascetic remain, the people in her family, prepared with cottage cheese, milk drink then dance in the duration of detention. Shoton means yogurt ° ± Festival. In the early 17th Shoton century, the festival has a powerful partner with the operas of Tibet. The Tibetan artists of various schools in the whole of Tibet has come to gather in Norbu Linka, have a competition the show, which lasted several days. During this time, the Drepung Monastery is a large portrait of the Buddha show ceremony.
Saga Dawa Festival
° It is the festival for the local animals in captivity ± release practices. Thank you to everyone for the fourth month, the monks Don ¯ t eat meat and commit Don ¯ t the slaughter. Just at the wheel of prayer and recitation of the Buddha scriptures.It ¯ s focus is said that 1 Day of the fourth month following the day he was born Sakyamuni attained enlightenment and achieved nirvana.On this day each year people in all their glory, singing and dancing in the park for dinner.
The Wongkor (excellent harvest festival)
This is an opportunity for the Tibetans to a record harvest. When it comes to important people with colorful flags colored clothing defended their good wishes. They make a pagoda of the harvest with matching scarves ceremony in the highland barley and wheat sheaves, drums and gongs, singing in his odes and walk through the fields in prayer for a bountiful harvest, and then take a horse race. The fall harvest begins when the party is over.
Les Six Four Festival
The fourth day of the sixth Tibetan month in the vicinity of Lhasa, to the people in their new clothes to the nearby temple. By offering to Buddha, pray to Buddha ¯ s image whisper of blessing. Then go to open up the grass with drinks in their hearts and ¯ happy dance.
The Festival of the expulsion of evil spirits
The 29th Day of the twelfth month of the Tibetan calendar is an important day for the dance magician ¯ s power of all monasteries in Tibet. Accommodation clean the house thoroughly and beautifully decorated. Since the new year is approaching, what dirty and evil must be eliminated, the people pray for their families for good health and a desire for a bumper harvest next year.
Heavenly Maid Festival
It is also the heavenly festival ° ° ± ± o Mother Rabzhol Belhane in Tibetan known. Every year, on 15 Day of the tenth month of Tibetan calendar, religious activities are held in the temples in Tibet. Tibetan women love to celebrate, because they think it is a special occasion for themselves, therefore, are very active and are so happy.
Butter Lamp Festival
The oil lamp is on 15 Day of the first month of each year celebration. To make the monasteries of monks and local artists, different colored flowers Butter in the pyramids in front of the Jokhang Temple. In the evening, after fires butter lamps are like the stars twinkling in the sky. The pyramids of butter immortals, animals, birds, animals and flowers.
Anniversary of the death of Tsongkhapa
It takes 25 months 10, which is in November or December of the Gregorian calendar. It is the day on which Tsongkhapa, met the founder of the Gelugpa sect of his death. Each household light bulbs on the roofs of houses and songs and prayers in memory window of Tsongkhapa, in the night.
Bath Festival
In the 7th Month of the Tibetan calendar, or September in the Gregorian calendar is the time that Venus appears only for seven nights in a year. Tibetan people believe that the water is clean, especially in this Holy Week. They believe that the earth can be washed, the disease can be cured and his health can be improved. During the week, all the people who go out washing along the rivers for bathing, washing and playfulness.
