Travelers
across the world visit Ladakh to participate in Ladakh’s popular culture and
adventure. The area is globally known for its nature blessed beauty and fairs
& festivals that displays its past and culture. Among all, cultural
festival of Ladakh called “Hemis festival” is very popular and presents a
colorful environment for travelers who come here with Ladakh Tour Packages to enjoy a moment in the midst of colorful people. Travelers
particularly visit for this carnival, which lasts for two days and denote
Buddhist guru Padmasambhava’s birth anniversary. Festivals take place in the
famous Hemis Gompa, which is located at few distances away from Leh.
The carnival
is celebrated for good over evil. You can see numerous people clothed in vivid
and colorful clothes to rejoice the festival. The Tibetan calendar shows that
on lunar month’s tenth day, the Lama Head arranges this Hemis Festival. So as
to protect his people, the Buddhism founder, Guru Padmasambhava fought the
evils. On his birth anniversary, all the people have a good time Hemis Festival
grandly.
Hemis
Festivals is a grand festival and everyone should definitely visit. Travelers
have a number of things in store at the time of the festival. Tourists can
enjoy this show as spectators do. At the time of the Hemis festival, a colorful
and entertaining fair is organized. The festival has a number of stalls where
you can shop a number of gifts and handicrafts.
On this
auspicious day, a ritual is performed. People cover their face with colorful
mask, sing and dance. The main highlight of the festival is its masked dance
permormed by Lamas. The dance performance depicts this festival’s central theme
of victory of good over evil. The Lamas assemble around the central flagpole.
This flagpole is situated in the monastery’s courtyard, where the singing and
dance acts along with plays take place. The monastery is 300 years old and Ladakh’s
richest monastery.
All the
activities take place at the Hemis Gompa, which is the main point. Hemis Gompa
is Ladakh’s biggest and most popular Buddhist monastery. This festival brings a
lot of colors in the town as the masks and costumes have vibrant and bright
colors. The masks are brilliantly designed. The set of clothes of the dance are
also very strange and lavish. This colorful ambiance brings all new charm to
the festival.
Artistically
painted masks are the most important part of the dance, the festival also has a
plenty of heavy and noisy music accompanied with a plenty of celebration. You
can hear the sound of various musical instruments with dance acts. Country
liquor is the festival’s one more major attraction and it is served on the celebration
day.
Attending
festival is an interesting option to know about the Ladakh’s culture, food and
tradition. The festival is a great way to come across with some beautiful
things to see and do in Ladakh. It will be nice to be there and watching the
festival to make your trip a wonderful experience.
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Hemis Festival Come summer, and the cold desert region of Ladakh awakes from a long and harsh winter. This is the time when tourists from far and wide arrive to trek, to climb mountains, to go river-rafting and to stare, awe-struck, at some of the most beautiful examples of Indo-Tibetan culture.
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