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In order to help tourists to make an earlier plan of travelling to Tibet in 2014, Tibet Travel Org works out a Tibetan Festival Calendar 2014 for free download. The Tibetan festival calendar takes in the major traditional festivals in Tibet.
| Festivals or Events | Main Attractions | In Tibetan Calendar |
In Solar Calendar |
| Tibetan New Year (Recommended Tour) |
To celebrate the new year or Losar Festival, Lamas are chanting and passing fire torches through the crowds. People are cheering for the coming new year by dancing, singing, and merrymaking. | 1st of the first Tibetan month |
March 02, 2014 |
| Butter Lantern Festival (Recommended Tour) |
It is the last high tide of the celebrations of Tibetan New Year. People go to pray in temples and monasteries. Lamas show the butter sculptures shaped in images of deities, animals, plants, and human figures. | 15th of the first Tibetan month |
March 16, 2014 |
| Tsurphu Monastery Festival (Recommended Tour ) |
Ritual dancing carried out by monks, unfolding of a great Thangka. | 10th of the fourth Tibetan month |
June 08, 2014 |
| Saga Dawa Festival (Recommended Tour) |
Sakyamuni’s Enlightenment day. Huge numbers of pilgrims walk Lhasa’s Lingkor circuit and Mt. Kailash Kora. | 15th of the fourth Tibetan month |
June 13, 2014 |
| Drigung-til Festival (Recommended Tour ) |
Celebration lasts for 2 or 3 days, a special ceremony and cham dancing will be held in Drigung-til Monastery. | 26th of the fourth Tibetan month |
June 23, 2014 |
| Tashilhunpo Festival (Recommended Tour) |
Celebrated for 3 days. Different portraits of Buddha are exhibited each day. Cham dancing will be held inside the monastery. | 13th of the fifth Tibetan month |
July 10, 2014 |
| Samye Festival (Recommended Tour) |
Celebrated for 2 or 3 days. Religious ceremonies and cham dancing will be held in Samye Monastery. | 15th of the fifth Tibetan month |
July 12, 2014 |
| Chokor Duchen Festival (Recommended Tour) |
This festival celebrates Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath near Varanasi in India. Pilgrims climb the peak behind Drepung Monastery and also the ridge from Parbonka to the Dode Valley. |
4th of the sixth Tibetan month |
July 31, 2014 |
| Ganden Monastery Festival (Recommended Tour) |
Ganden Monastery displays its 25 holiest relics which are normally locked away. A large offering ceremony accompanies the unveiling. | 15th of the sixth Tibetan month |
August 10, 2014 |
| Shotun Festival (Recommended Tour) |
At dawn, a huge Thangka will be unfolded at Drepung Monastery. Lamas perform opera in the main courtyard. | 30th of the Sixth Tibetan month |
August 25, 2014 |
| Naqu Horse Racing Festival (Recommended Tour) |
Celebrated in Northern Tibet’s grassland. Various activities are held in the grassland of Naqu, such as horserace, yak race, tug of war, lifting stones and Tibetan operas. | – | August 10, 2014 |
| Drepung Festival (Recommended Tour) |
Celebrated for 2 or 3 days. Religious ceremonies and cham dancing will be held in the monastery. | 8th of the seventh Tibetan month |
September 02, 2014 |
| Drak Yerpa Festival (Customize a Tour) |
Celebrated for 2 or 3 days. Religious ceremonies and cham dancing will be held in the monastery. | 10th of the seventh Tibetan month |
September 04, 2014 |
| Bathing Festival (Customize a Tour) |
Lasting for seven days. Tens of thousands of Tibetan men and women go to river or lake to take a bath. | 15th of the seventh Tibetan month |
September 09, 2014 |
| Gaden Ngachen Chenmo (Customize a Tour) |
Also called Tsonkhapa Festival. It celebrates the death anniversary of Tsongkapa. Monasteries and households burn countless butter lamps everywhere and chant prayers. | 25th of the tenth Tibetan month | December 16, 2014 |
| Ghost Exorcising Festival (Customize a Tour) |
Also called Gutor. People begin to prepare for Tibetan New Year. Tibetan women will start to clean their house and prepare food. People also visit monasteries to worship Buddha and donate money or give gifts to monks. Tibetans also set off firecrackers to get rid of evil spirits. | 29th of the twelfth Tibetan month | February, 2015 |
