Tibetan farmers’ hope on Ongkor Festival

July,28 2016 BY Master Catherine Jigme 0 COMMENTS

In the morning, about 9o’clock on July 10, with the rising of curl mulberry smoke and rhythmic yelling of villagers, the villagers of Tibet Gongga County Gang heap town ushered one of the most important festival in the year - Ongkor Festival. All the villagers dressed in costumes, holding colorful "Dada", said the blessing passed down for a thousand years and turned over all of the village farmland to thank God for the good weather and bring a good harvest.

Ongkor Festival is one of the most popular festivals in Tibet rural festival, there is no fixed date, usually held in the autumn before the auspicious day, which lasted one to three days, dating back over a thousand years of history. In the Tibetan language, "wang", meaning land, "fruit" means a circular motion. Thus the name implies, during Ongkor Festival, the most important activity is the "around the farm."

The mighty team around Farmland with most of the villagers dressed in festive costumes, walking on the vast expanse field road. In the farmland, some highland barley is green and yellow, some even already completely yellow, seems to presage the bumper on the road, "the instant."

Over 20 young men dressed in traditional costume knight riding strong, mighty horse, some time went ahead of the team, while they went to the tail. The red spike on head dance with wind, yellow gown, white coat, black boots instantly became a colored lightning, made young kids followed with bikes full of envy in their eyes.

About the Author - Master Catherine Jigme

With exceptional passion and outstanding leadership, Mrs. Catherine has dedicated herself to Tibet inbound tourism and China tour for 15 years. As one of the handful females who see great potential of Chinese inbound tourism, Catherine has made great contribution to promoting Tibet tourism and enhancing the employment of Tibetans and prosperity of local Tibetan community.

Over the years, she travelled overseas with Tibet Tourism Bureau many times to promote Tibet tourism. Currently, Catherine works as the marketing director of Tibet Vista, an opinion leader behind the whole team of Tibet Vista.

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