Mani Rimdu festival
E720746
Mani Rimdu festival is a major Sherpa Buddhist celebration in the Everest region of Nepal, featuring masked dances, rituals, and prayers performed by monks to commemorate the triumph of Buddhism over evil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mani Rimdu festival canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8235816 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mani Rimdu festival Context triple: [Tengboche, hasEvent, Mani Rimdu festival]
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A.
Shoton Festival
Shoton Festival is a major Tibetan cultural and religious celebration marked by Tibetan opera performances, large-scale thangka unveilings, and the communal eating of yogurt.
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B.
Losar
Losar is the traditional Tibetan New Year festival, widely celebrated with prayers, dances, and cultural rituals across Himalayan regions including parts of Arunachal Pradesh.
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C.
Losar
Losar is a high-altitude Himalayan village in Himachal Pradesh, India, known as a remote gateway to the Spiti Valley with stark landscapes and traditional Tibetan-influenced culture.
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D.
Durbar festival
The Durbar festival is a grand traditional celebration in Northern Nigeria featuring colorful horse parades, displays of horsemanship, and royal pageantry held to mark important religious and state occasions.
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E.
Indra Jatra
Indra Jatra is a major traditional festival of Kathmandu, Nepal, celebrated with chariot processions, masked dances, and rituals honoring the god Indra and the living goddess Kumari.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mani Rimdu festival Target entity description: Mani Rimdu festival is a major Sherpa Buddhist celebration in the Everest region of Nepal, featuring masked dances, rituals, and prayers performed by monks to commemorate the triumph of Buddhism over evil.
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A.
Shoton Festival
Shoton Festival is a major Tibetan cultural and religious celebration marked by Tibetan opera performances, large-scale thangka unveilings, and the communal eating of yogurt.
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B.
Losar
Losar is the traditional Tibetan New Year festival, widely celebrated with prayers, dances, and cultural rituals across Himalayan regions including parts of Arunachal Pradesh.
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C.
Losar
Losar is a high-altitude Himalayan village in Himachal Pradesh, India, known as a remote gateway to the Spiti Valley with stark landscapes and traditional Tibetan-influenced culture.
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D.
Durbar festival
The Durbar festival is a grand traditional celebration in Northern Nigeria featuring colorful horse parades, displays of horsemanship, and royal pageantry held to mark important religious and state occasions.
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E.
Indra Jatra
Indra Jatra is a major traditional festival of Kathmandu, Nepal, celebrated with chariot processions, masked dances, and rituals honoring the god Indra and the living goddess Kumari.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Buddhist festival ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Guru Rinpoche
ⓘ
linked to:
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Sherpa
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherpa people
|
| country |
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
ⓘ
linked to:
federal parliamentary republic of Nepal
Nepal ⓘ |
| culturalHeritageStatus | intangible cultural heritage of Sherpa community ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major Sherpa Buddhist celebration ⓘ |
| devotees |
Sherpa laypeople
ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhists ⓘ |
| duration | several days ⓘ |
| features |
masked dances
ⓘ
prayers ⓘ rituals ⓘ |
| hasType |
masked dance festival
ⓘ
monastic festival ⓘ |
| includes |
chanting of mantras
ⓘ
empowerment ceremonies ⓘ public dance performances ⓘ sand mandala ⓘ |
| languageOfRitual | Tibetan ⓘ |
| linkedToCalendar | Tibetan lunar calendar ⓘ |
| mainLocation |
Chiwong Monastery
ⓘ
Tengboche Monastery ⓘ Thame Monastery ⓘ |
| observedIn | autumn ⓘ |
| performedAtAltitude | high Himalayan altitude ⓘ |
| performedBy | Buddhist monks ⓘ |
| practicedBy | Sherpa people ⓘ |
| purpose | to commemorate the triumph of Buddhism over evil ⓘ |
| region |
Everest region
ⓘ
Khumbu ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousSchool |
Nyingma
ⓘ
linked to:
Nyingma school
|
| religiousTradition | Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| setting | Himalayan monasteries ⓘ |
| symbolizes | victory of Dharma over negative forces ⓘ |
| tourismImpact | attracts trekkers in Everest region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mani Rimdu festival Description of subject: Mani Rimdu festival is a major Sherpa Buddhist celebration in the Everest region of Nepal, featuring masked dances, rituals, and prayers performed by monks to commemorate the triumph of Buddhism over evil.
Referenced by (1)
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