Ladakh Fair & Festival Calender

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Most of the festival events in Ladakh are the annual monastic festivals. Among non-monastic events count the Losar or New Year celebrations and the notable Ladakh Festival organized by the Kashmir and Jammu government. The monastic festivals are dance-dramas in the gompa courtyards. The performers are the lamas, the monks themselves.

Wearing colorful garments and often frightful, at times comic masks, the monks perform mimes representing various aspects of the religion, be it the progress of the individual soul and its purification or the triumph of good over evil. The events draw spectators from among the local populace, from near and far, in great numbers for attending these auspicious events promises spiritual benefits aside the enjoyment of the party atmosphere.

Huge crowds that gather heighten the sense of the occasion. Most monastic festivals are two-day events. Losar celebrations take close to one month and the Ladakh Festival is a two-week event. Our tours are designed around the dates of these unique events, bringing you the first hand experience of their festive atmosphere and thus broadening your insight into the cultural heritage of Ladakh.

Names of Fairs & Festivals	2007	2008	2009
Spitok Gustor Zanskar	JAN 17,18	JAN 6,7	JAN 23,24
Dosmoche Leh, Likir And Deskit	FEB 15,16	FEB 4,5	FEB 22,23
Stok Guru Tse-Cue	FEB 25,26	FEB 15,16	MAR 5,6
Matho Nagrang	MAR 3,4	FEB 20,21	MAR 10,11
Budha Purnima	MAY 31	JUNE 18	JUNE 6
Hemis TSE-CHU	JUN 25,26	JUL 12,13	JUL 1,2
Yuru Kabgyat (Lamayuru)	JUL 2,3	JUL 20,21	JUL 8,9
Zanskar Karsha Gustor	JUL 11,12	JUL 29,30	JUL 18,19
Ph-Yang Tsedup (Phyang)	JUL 16,17	AUG 3,4	JUL 22,23
Korzok Gustor (Tsomoriri Lake)	JUL 17,18	AUG 4,5	JUL 23,24
Dak-Thok Tse-Chu	JUL 24,25	AUG 11,12	JUL 30,31
Sant Naro Nasjal (Zangskar)	JUL 29,30	AUG 15,16	AUG 3,4
Shachukul Gustor	AUG 10,11	AUG 27,28	AUG 16,17
Thiksay Gustor	OCT 28,29	NOV 15,16	NOV 4,5
Chemrey Angchok	NOV 7,8	NOV 25,26	NOV 13,14
Galdan Namchot	DEC 4	DEC 21	DEC 10
Losar	DEC 10	DEC 28	DEC 16