Step into the heart of Tibetan cultural life through its most celebrated festivals—where spirituality, art, and community come together in powerful expression. These living traditions reveal how devotion, joy, and collective identity are woven into the rhythms of the Tibetan calendar.

What You Will Experience

• Losar – Tibetan New Year
  Celebrate the arrival of a new lunar year with prayers, offerings, purification rituals, and vibrant family traditions.
• Great Prostration Pilgrimage
  Witness or join practitioners in the profound act of five-point prostrations, a powerful practice of devotion, humility, and spiritual purification.
• Butter Lamp Festival
  Experience nights illuminated by thousands of glowing lamps offered to dispel darkness and welcome wisdom.
• Summer Shoton Festival
  Enjoy one of Tibet’s grandest cultural events—monastic performances, giant thangka unveilings, and the beloved yogurt traditions.
• Cham / Dhama Ritual Dances
  Be captivated by sacred masked dances performed by monks, invoking blessings, protection, and the triumph of compassion.

Through these celebrations, you will discover how art, faith, and community seamlessly merge, forming the vibrant cultural heartbeat of Tibetan life.