In Tibet, we have lots of festival throughout the year. Most Tibetan festivals are closer related to Tibetan Buddhism.  We have more than hundreds of festivals including activities like horse racing, singing, display of religious artwork, dancing and praying.  Followings are the schedule and explanation of some of the major festival in Tibet.

Tibetan New Year Tibet/Amdo/Kham 24th February 2020
Monlam Festival Tibet/Amdo/Kham 8th March 2020
Saga Dawa Festival Tibet/Amdo/Kham 5th June 2019
Gyantse Damak Festival Gyantse, Tibet 20th – 23rd July 2020
Yoghurt Festival Lhasa, Tibet 19th August 2020
Tibetan Bathing Festival Lhasa, Tibet 4th-10th September 2019
Ongkhor Festival Tibet October 2020
Palden Lhamo Festival  Lhasa, Tibet 30th November 2019
Nagqu Horse Racing Nagqu, Tibet 10th-15th August 2020

Followings are of Some Important Festivals in Tibet

  • Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival

Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival

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Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival. Every spring, when most parts of Tibet are still covered in snow, Nyingchi transforms into a magical wonder

Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival2024-01-20T15:04:35+06:00
  • Losar Tibetan New Year བོད་ཀྱི་ལོ་གསར།

Losar, The Tibetan New year

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Losar means Tibetan New year. This is one of the most important festivals in the entire years, similar to the Christmas in West and Spring festival

Losar, The Tibetan New year2023-06-13T09:49:55+06:00
  • Palden Lhamo Festival at Jokhang Temple

Palden Lhamo Festival

2023-06-13T12:00:45+06:00

Palden Lhamo festival is celebrated only in Lhasa. People from other parts of the Tibet would call it Lhasa’s Palden Lhamo festival. The festival falls on

Palden Lhamo Festival2023-06-13T12:00:45+06:00
  • Ongkhor festival

Ongkhor Festival

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Ongkhor festival is one of the most important festivals for Tibetan farming communities in a year. This festival is the celebrations to bring good luck

Ongkhor Festival2023-06-13T09:53:49+06:00
  • Yogurt festival

Yogurt Festival ཞོ་སྟོན་

2023-06-13T12:04:34+06:00

Yogurt festival is also known as Drepung monastery festivals. In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, monks would stay in the monastery for a retreat for the summer

Yogurt Festival ཞོ་སྟོན་2023-06-13T12:04:34+06:00
  • Gyantse Damak Festival

Gyantse Damak Festival

2023-06-13T12:05:15+06:00

Gyantse Damak or the Gyantse Horse racing festival is celebrated in the town of Gyantse. The Gyantse is considered as the leading Barley producer Tibet

Gyantse Damak Festival2023-06-13T12:05:15+06:00
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