Festival Dates

There are many festivals in different parts of Bhutan. You can check the dates below.

The Dzongs (Fortresses that houses both the monastic and the government administrative wings) come to life with color, music and dancing as valley dwellers and townsfolk dress in their best cloths come to attend the festival. In almost every Dzong there is an annual traditional festival known as Tshechus that normally spans 3 – 5 days. Rare mask and sword dances and other rituals are performed in the Dzongs’ courtyard and Temples. Most of the dances date back to before the Middle Ages and are performed by monks & laymen dressed in bright costumes. Certain festivals end with the unveiling and worship of huge religious appliqués or throngdrels. In one festival in Bumthang, some programs are held during the evening and include fire dances intended to help childless women at the festival conceive during the coming year. The most popular ones are held in Thimphu, Paro, Punakha, Wangdue and Bumthang.

TENTATIVE FESTIVAL DATES FOR – 2010

Sl.	FESTIVAL	DATES
1	PUNAKHA DROMCHE	20^th- 23^rd FEB
2	PUNAKHA TSHECHU	24^th – 26^thFEB
3	CHORTEN KORA	28^th FEB & 15^th MAR
4	TANGSIBI MANI (URA)	27^th FEB – 3^rd MAR
5	GADEN CHODPA (URA)	13^th – 15^th MAR
6	GOMKORA	23^rd – 25^thMAR
7	PARO TSHECHU	28^th – 30^th MAR
8	CHUKHA TSHECHU	28^th – 30^th MAR
9	DOMKHAR TSHECHU	23^rd – 25^th APR
10	URA YAKCHOE	24^th – 28^th APR
11	PADSEL-LING KUCHOD	2^nd – 3^rd JUN
12	NIMALUNG TSHECHU	19^th – 21^st JUN
13	KURJEY TSHECHU	21^st JUN
14	THIMPHU DRUBCHEN	12^th – 16^th SEPT
15	WANGDI TSHECHU	15^th – 17^th SEPT
16	TAMSHINGPHALA CHOEPA	16^th – 18^th SEPT
17	THIMPHU TSHECHU	17^th -19^th SEPT
18	TANGBI MANI	22^nd – 24^th SEPT
19	JAKAR TSECHU	15^th – 18^th OCT
20	JAMBAY LHAKHANG DRUP	22^nd – 26^th OCT
21	PRAKHAR DUCHHOED	23^rd – 25^th OCT
22	SUMDRANG KANGSOL(URA)	2^nd – 6^th NOV
23	CRANE FESTIVAL	12^th NOV
24	MONGAR TSHECHU	13^th – 16^th NOV
25	PEMAGATSHEL TSHECHU	13^th – 16^th NOV
26	TRASHIGANG TSHECHU	14^th – 17^th NOV
27	TANG NAMKHA RABNEY (TANG)	15^th – 16^th NOV
28	JAMBAY LAHKHANG CHAM	21^st NOV
29	NALAKHAR TSHECHU (Zhey)	21^st – 23^rd NOV
30	CHOJAM RABNEY (TANG)	20^th – 24^th NOV
31	TRONGSA TSHECHU	15^th – 17^th DEC
32	LHUNTSE TSHECHU	15^th – 17^th DEC
33	SHINGKHAR METOCHODPA (URA)	21^st DEC

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