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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dosmoche festival canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist festival
ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ladakh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ creation of ritual thread crosses ⓘ masked dances ⓘ ritual offerings ⓘ ritual performances ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of intangible cultural heritage of Ladakh ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Ladakhi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ |
| music |
cymbals
ⓘ
drums ⓘ horns ⓘ traditional monastic instruments ⓘ |
| observedAt |
Diskit Monastery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leh Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ various monasteries in Ladakh ⓘ |
| observedIn |
Ladakh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leh NERFINISHED ⓘ Nubra Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
masked dancers
ⓘ
monks ⓘ |
| purpose |
ensure prosperity
ⓘ
protection from misfortune ⓘ purification of community ⓘ ward off evil ⓘ |
| region |
Himalayas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.