Annual Bathing Festival in Tibet

July,29 2016 BY Master Catherine Jigme 0 COMMENTS

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The annual Bathing Festival in Tibet falls on Sept. 8th of this year and lasts for a week. Tibetans celebrate their annual Bathing Festival. Believing that the water in this period has an extreme magic power to cure all, the people swarm to the riverside to take baths.

Bathing festival in Tibet

The Bathing Festival, called "Gama Rije" in Tibetan language, has a history of over 800 years in Lhasa, Xigaze and Shannan.

It generally lasts for seven days, between the sixth day to twelfth day of the seventh Tibetan month, which just coincides with the appearance in the sky of Venus, a sacred star.

The elders are thoroughly washing themselves, the youngsters are swimming, the children are playing with water; the ladies are also joining the wash as freely as the men.

Afterwards they stay in tents or under umbrellas, drinking the barley wine and buttered tea, singing and dancing to their heart's content.

If you travel to Tibet during this festival, just join them and have fun with them. It is very interesting and a good chance to experience local custom.

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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