Tibetan people is celebrating Saga Dawa Festival 2012

July,28 2016 BY Master Catherine Jigme 0 COMMENTS

Saga Dawa Festival is the most important religious festival to Tibetan people. This grand festival starts on the15th day of the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar and falls on June 4, 2012. But now Tibetan people is celebrating Saga Dawa Festival 2012 by their own ways. Taking ritual walks around temples, holy mountains and lakes is the most common way among Tibetan people to celebrate the Saga Dawa Festival.

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During Saga Dawa Festival, you can see hundreds of Tibetan pilgrims circumambulating around the Barkhor (Circuit around Jokhang Temple) and Tsekhor (Circuit around Potala Palace), and hundreds of Tibetan people lined up in Drepung kitchen for making their donation for the monks during chanting prayers in assembly hall.

Tibetan people will liberate of fishes in Lhasa river(Kyichu) and other animals according to their budgets and will never eat meats during 15th day of the Saga Dawa and you can see every Tibetans eating vegetables in restaurants after finishing their circumambulating.

Tibetan peoples are also busy with visiting various monasteries during the festival. After finishing visiting monasteries, Tibetans will go for picnics in different picnic centres in Lhasa. Even in picnics, older Tibetans mumbling mantras by rosary in left hand and small prayer wheel in their right hand. It is really interesting to visit Tibet during Saga Dawa Festival.

The Saga Dawa is celebrated by Tibetan Buddhists to mark the birth and the attainment of nirvana of Sakyamuni till June 4 this year. Many tourists will also travel to Tibet in June for it is the peak tourism time of Tibet.

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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