The Saga Dawa Festival, Kailash Trek & Tibetan Pilgrims

The Saga Dawa Festival, Kailash Kora Trek & Tibetan Pilgrims

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Next, a highlight of the trip, the once yearly Saga Dawa festival at Tarboche, held during the full moon (of the fourth lunar month), the most important festival in western Tibet. Tibetans from all over the country flock to sacred Mount Kailash for the ritual raising of the prayer-flag pole, which foretell the yearly fortunes of the country. Saga Dawa is a carnival of Tibetan music, chants and Tibetan products brought to sell, an event not to be missed. We will spend the day camped at Tarboche, where all the festivities are held, and hike up to Chuku Gompa for some koras and a blessing from the local lama with the other Tibetan pilgrims.
The Kailash Kora itself is one of the best short treks in the Himalaya, crossing a pass of 5,600 meters, with campsites under the north face of Kailash and in other spectacular sites, all done with the Tibetan pilgrims, who have come as far as east Tibet for this once-in-a-lifetime trip to erase their sins, and acquire merit for humanity ...

Ki ki so so lha gyalo! (May the Gods be victorious) ...

Tashi Delek!