Dosmoche festival

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The Dosmoche festival is a traditional Ladakhi Buddhist celebration marked by masked dances and ritual performances to ward off evil and ensure prosperity, observed at monasteries such as Diskit in the Nubra Valley.

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Label Occurrences
Dosmoche festival canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist festival ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
associatedWith Ladakh ⓘ
Ladakhi culture ⓘ
attire elaborate masks ⓘ
ritual costumes ⓘ
audience local Ladakhi community ⓘ
pilgrims ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance important event in Ladakhi Buddhist ritual calendar ⓘ
major winter festival of Ladakh ⓘ
duration two to three days ⓘ
followsCalendar Tibetan lunar calendar ⓘ
hasPart burning of ritual effigies ⓘ
cham dance ⓘ
linked to: Cham dance

creation of ritual thread crosses ⓘ
masked dances ⓘ
ritual offerings ⓘ
ritual performances ⓘ
heritageStatus part of intangible cultural heritage of Ladakh ⓘ
languageContext Ladakhi ⓘ
linked to: Ladakhi language

Tibetan ⓘ
music cymbals ⓘ
drums ⓘ
horns ⓘ
traditional monastic instruments ⓘ
observedAt Diskit Monastery ⓘ
Leh Palace ⓘ
various monasteries in Ladakh ⓘ
observedIn Ladakh ⓘ
Leh ⓘ
Nubra Valley ⓘ
performer masked dancers ⓘ
monks ⓘ
purpose ensure prosperity ⓘ
protection from misfortune ⓘ
purification of community ⓘ
ward off evil ⓘ
region Himalayas ⓘ
Trans-Himalayan region ⓘ
relatedTo New Year purification rituals ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhist cham festivals ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
season winter ⓘ
timeOfYear around February ⓘ
around the end of the Tibetan lunar year ⓘ

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Diskit Monastery → hostsFestival → Dosmoche festival ⓘ