Fairs & Festival

Losar Festival
The Losar Festivals The beginning of the New Year according to the Monpa calendar. This 15-day festival falls in January / February. Its highlights are the colourful Aji Lhamu dance. Lion and Peacock dance and the Yak dance.

Torgya Festival
The Torgya Festival is a 3-day affair. This important festival signifies the destruction of evil spirit and harmful forces and seeks the rule of prosperity and happiness amongst the people.

Saka Dawa
Celebrated in the 4th month of the lunar calendar, the Saka Dawa festival marks Gautam Buddha's achievement of Nirvana.

Dukpa Tse-Shi
The Dukpa Tse-Shi Festival celebrates the preaching of the Four Nobel Truths at Sarnath by Buddha. It falls in the 6th month of the Lunar calendar.

Lhabab Duechen
In the 9th month of Monpa, the Lhabab Duechen Festival signifies the reincarnation of Buddha as Shakyamuni.

Ganden Ngamchoe
Ganden Ngamchoe commemorates the death of Tsongkha-pa, the founder of Gelugpa Sect.

Nyukom Yullow
Nyukom Festival of the Nyishis is celebrated on 26th February every year to propitiate the Gods for a good harvest.

Mopin
Mopin is an agricultural festival of the Galos celebrated on 5th April. Mopin is synonymous with wealth and prosperity.

Solung
Solung is the colourful festival of the Adi Minyong group. The festivities last for seven days and the villagers prepare rice beer and store plenty of meat and vegetables for the joyous occasion.

Reh
Reh is celebrated by the ldu Mishmis on 1st February. Mithun, buffaloes, pigs and fowls are sacrificed in the name of different Gods and Deities.

Oriah
Oriah is an agricultural festival of the Wanchoos, celebrated on 16th February. Festivities last for four to six days and are marked with songs and dances.

Dree
Dree is the main festival of the Apatanis. It is celebrated on the 5th of July after
the planting of paddy.

Moh-mol

Buddha Mahotsava

Brahmaputra Darshan

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