Rimijung Dumje Festival

Rimijung & Pema Choeling Trail is a beautiful destination that is yet to be developed and practiced as a tourism product. Although, the Trail is visited every year by local visitors, and foreigners, the potential of the Trail has been underestimated and neglected. The Pema Choeling Trail is the trekking Trail that connects Rimijung with Gomlha, Pangjung and Dhumijoa. Rimijung can be reached from Ghat, Rokamba, Zomfute and Phakding from the main Everest Trail. From Rimijung, visitors can visit Pema Choeling Monastery, Tye Khongma Monastery and Gomlha nunnery settlement for a Buddhist and Sherpa ‘way of life’ experience. Visiting these places is good for getting acclimatized, enjoying the natural beauty and experiencing cultural and religious Sherpa tradition. The Pema Choeling Trail has a lot to offer to the visitors; from high mountains to green forests and beautiful ‘Mani.’ These places have their own way of expressing beauty both natural and cultural.
According to the legend, it is said that couple hundred years ago, seven people decided to take ‘Thuwa’ (little statue of Buddha worshipped as the main god of the Monastery) to Tibet. Surprisingly, the weather started to become worse as they came closer to the border between Nepal and Tibet. The small statue continued to become heavier and heavier. It was difficult even for the seven people to lift it. Suddenly, the statue talked to those seven people and told them that he wishes to stay in Rimijung which is his real home. The seven people returned to Nepal and the weather began to clear up. It was then that the ‘Thuwa’ was established again in the Monastery. ‘Thuwa’ is still kept safely in the Monastery and taken out during Dumje festival for the public to worship.
Pema Choeling Monastery is located in the head of Rimijung. This Monastery is very important to the people of the Pharak region as it has been serving as the spiritual protector of the region. This Monastery is managed by its management committee built in 2061 B.S. The Pema Choeling Monastery Management Committee has built kitchen and added rooms for the monks in its one and half year period. They have also published a handbook on the brief history of the Monastery. It is written in both Sherpa and Nepali languages. Such handbooks or other printed materials can be useful in providing accurate information of the history of the Monastery to visitors.
The Monastery has a teashop that serves visitors throughout the year. This teashop is managed by the monks. Currently, there are 30 monks in the Monastery. Twenty of them visit places to perform rituals and thus contribute small amount of money to the Monastery from their daily wages. The donations received from the local community and foreigners support the Monastery largely. Still, it is difficult for the Monastery as it does not have a permanent, independent source of income.
This Monastery is good for meditating and experiencing the Buddhist way of life. There is also a museum with hundreds of years old artifacts and religious documents. The items in the museum need to be labeled and the museum itself need to be managed properly.

	Detail itinerary Day 01 Arrival in Kathmandu (1300m) Transfert to Hotel Day 02 Kathmandu free days Day 03 Kathmandu to Lukla 2880m To Phadking 2743m Day 04 Phadking to Rimijung Day 05 Rimijung CHAM Dance Day 06 Rimijung JINSAK Closing Ceremony Day 07 Rimijung to Lukla 2840m Day 08 Lukla to back by fly Kathmandu Day 09 Free day in Kathmandu Day 10 Transport to airport 3h before of your plane leaving.
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