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EVENTS

Dates of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan Tibetan Important Festivals In Amdo and Kham-2012 / 2013 / 2014
Dates of Tibetan New Year Festivals (Losar):
1. Tongren (Repkong Losar): Jan. 27th to Feb. 7th 2012 // Feb. 14th to Feb. 25th 2013 // Feb 04th to Feb. 15th 2014. During these 10 days, different styles of monastic New Year Festivals happen in different monasteries and villages in rotation every day.
2. Labrang and Taktsang Lhamo Losar are the same dates: Feb. 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 2012. // Feb. 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2013 // Feb. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 2014.
3. Ngawa (Aba) Losar: Feb. 4th, 5th, 6th 7th, 2012 // Feb. 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 2013 // Feb. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 2014.

Dates of Other Monastic and Grassland Festivals:
1. Kumbum Festivals: May 4th, 5th, 2012 // 23rd, 24th, May 2013. // May 12th, 13th, 2014.
2. Kumbum Festivals: July 25th, 26th 2012. // July 14th, 15th, 2013 // July 3rd. 4th, 2014.
3. Yushu (Jyekundo) Horse Race Festivals: July 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 2013, 2014, 2015
4. Repkong (Tongren) Shaman Festivals: Aug. 8th to 12th, 2012 //
July 29th, 30th, 31st, August 1st, 2013 // July 18th to 21st 2014.
5. Litang Horse Festival: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, August 2012, 2013, 2014
6. Pelyul (Baiyu) Katok Dorjeden Monastery Nyingmapa religious ceremony: July 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 2012 // July 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, July 2013 // August 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 2014 // July 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 2015.
7. Other unexpected great Tibetan Monastic & Nomadic Festivals in 2012, we will inform you early next year as long as we have the exact dates

RECOMMENDS

Tibetan New Year Festival (Losar) & the Great Prayer Festival (Monlam) In Repkong (Tongren) and Ngawa (Aba) 2012
In Tibetan Ngawa means: Men who beat drums. The old people
explain Ngawa is the first place where the King Songtsen Gampo
conferred and awarded the title to warriors during the 7th century.
For centuries, Ngawa is one of the largest nomadic areas in
Eastern Tibet. As one of the important Tibetan cities in Amdo and
the center of Tibetan culture, religion, trade and communication,
you will have a strong feeling of atmosphere of real Tibetan
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Train Trip through Central Tibet to Far Eastern Tibet's Grassland Enjoying Two Great Festivals __The local people honoured Jyekundo as small Lhasa and more than 90% of people here is Tibetan Khampa people, one of the four Tibetan main tribes. They are strong and wild but honest and former fierce warriors of Tibet.

16 Days Khampa Tibetan Horse Race Festival Tour
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