Tiji Festival

This three day long annual Tiji festival falls in May month is the most popular amongst the local community of Lo Manthang area of the Upper Mustang in Nepal. Teji festival is celebrated every year in front of the King’s palace in Upper Mustang. It is a sign the victory of good against bad forces. The area is situated north of Dhaulagiri and Annapurna series, which is surrounded by the Tibetan highland on every side except the south. This Teji festival provides you a great chance to experience the local Tibetan Buddhist culture and traditions and its most excellent form. The local people of Mustang strongly held that the festival is protected from the evil forces and bring a lot of happiness, peace as well as new hope. During the festival, in the Lo-Manthang area the local people dance and sing with their traditional dresses. The dress is designed with different colors such as blue, yellow and red as well as the monks used prayer flags too. The interesting festival and the area seem wonderful as well as exciting.

Highlights:

Event Date: Actually, this Tiji festival is celebrated until three day relatively 22, 23 and 24 in the month of May. These days are very important for Mustang’s people; especially in Lo- mountain is one of the best tourist destinations in Nepal. This Tiji festival is a great annual festival in Upper Mustang is quite popular trek in Nepal. Thus, May month is best to visit to Upper Mustang and experience the Tiji festival.

Event Location: Located at Lo- Manthang in Upper Mustang, behind the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri range of Annapurna region. The Tiji festival celebrates in front of the King’s Palace in Lo- Manthang of Mustang, is most sacred culture in Nepal. This is a very interesting annual festival in Lo- Manthang of Mustang, situated north-west of Nepal. It is also known as “Rain Shadow” where no rain in the monsoon season and only dry.

Event Attraction: Upper Mustang is more popular and first choice of trekking in Nepal Himalaya now. There are so many attractive things can get to explore like Landscape, traditional culture, ethnic people’s lifestyle, daily household life and other most unexpected scenes. At this Tiji festival, the travelers can see the traditional chant with mask dance, different colored mask and custom which is a very old one. During the festival, all people are gathered together in front of the King’s palace in Lo- Manthang Upper Mustang. The upcoming May month is one of the great month for the local people of Upper Mustang that month brings new hope and joy in the Mustang Kingdom. Thus, Tiji festival is celebrated with new hope and peace in the world.

How to access there: We drive to Pokhara (six hour) and flight (30 minute) from Kathmandu. It is quite the awesome scenery trip, on this day you can get a chance to see an amazing vista of lush green forest, terraced fields, rivers, rocky hill until Pokhara. Overnight in Pokhara then early morning you should catch the 30 minute scenery flight to Jomsom. After landing little airstrip in Jomsom and you would head towards Kagbeni and next walking trail move continue through the villages of Chele, Geling, Charang and Upper Mustang’s Lo- Manthang is the capital of the Mustang district where the Tiji festival celebrated.

 According to the legends related to Tiji festival the Dorjo Jono is one powerful leader who fights with his demon father in order to free the kingdom of Mustang from the disaster. Finally, he secures the kingdom from the demon and leading towards peace and prosperity. This unique Tiji festival started to celebrate from 15 centaury in Lo-Manthang of Mustang. These day festival message out in order to bring back the peace in the world as well.

Tiji festival in Upper Mustang dates has been available and published in 2017. Now our Tiji festival trekking booking is opened and we offer 17 days trekking in the forbidden land of Mustang. The festival trekking become an exceptional holiday trip to Nepal. The Mustang trekking region is quite popular amongst trekkers in the world. Thus, every year a number of tourists visit the Upper Mustang. If you interested please contact us for more details.