Bhutan Travel Paro - Paro Tsechu Festival ཚེས་བཅུ། 策秋節

 Bhutan Travel Paro - Paro Tsechu Festival ཚེས་བཅུ། 策秋節 (2018  0329)

An annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district or dzongkhag of Bhutan on the tenth day of a month of the lunar Tibetan calendar.

It is believed that everyone must attend a Tshechu and witness the mask dances at least once to in order to receive blessings and wash away their sins. Every mask dance performed during a Tshechu has a special meaning or a story behind it and many are based on stories and incidents from as long ago as the 8th century, during the life of Guru Padmasambhava. In monasteries, the mask dances are performed by monks and in remote villages, they are performed jointly by monks and village men.

Crossing the River to the Paro Dzong



Paro Dzong - Originally built in 1644, it was damaged by fire in 1907, though thanks to restoration work still looks the part today.



On the way to Paro Tsechu Festival


Families Gathering & Share Meals




Seeing Performance




Performances


The festival features sacred mask dances performed by monks.




Volunteers Cleaner in Action



Festival Bazaar Near By












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