MANI RIMDU FESTIVAL 2010

The festive days of Mani rimdu celebrate the completion of ten days of prayers for the benefit of all beings. The story and purpose of Mani rimdu The Mani purpose of Mani rimdu is the prayers which worship phakpa Chenrezig the god of compassion his blessing brings peace and good fortune to everyone during mani rimdu we invoke phakpa blessing on the rilbu the long –life –pills and perform the dances which showing former times worship this deity. Mani rimdu is a fairly recent tradition in khumbu for the opening ceremony of the tengbuche Zatul ngawang tensing Norbu of rongbuk came to consecrate the monastery and the monks performed the dances here to the first time then since that event mani rimdu continues at the same time of year it used to be in the tenth month but that was very cold for spectators and because of bad weather difficult for preparations Now mani rimdu is held in the ninth month unless a double month shifts it to the ninth.

Each sect and monastery have their own style of dancing the dances at tengbuche came from rongbuk before the Chinese came these particular dances were done at rongbuk and started at tengbuche later the lama at chiwong gompa in solu started mani rimdu there when thame became established as a celibate monastery they started performing mani rimdu there also it is held in the ninth month at tengbuche, tenth month at chiwong and fourth month at thame .there is no other identical mani rimdu anywhere else in Tibet
Tengboche monastery is perched on a high ridge across the canyon from Khunde. This is the leading Buddhist centre in the Khumbu, and its location is one of the most scenic. Pines, azaleas and colourful mountain rhododendrons surround the attractive gompa (monastery), which rests amid stunning views of Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam. Tengboche itself features a rest house and a number of lodges and camping sites

	Detail itinerary Day 1 Arrival in Kathmandu (1300m) Transfert to Hotel Day 2 Leaving in local bus for the Helambu (1400m) Day 3 Kathmandu to Lukla 2800m by Palne and Phakding (2640m) 3h Day 4 Phakding to Namche Bazar 3446m 5h Day 5 Namche Bazar, rest day, acclimatization and visit. Day 6 Namche Bazar to Tyangboche (3760m) 5h.and Monks practice dancing without masks Day 7 Giving the blessing to the general public (Wang) Day 8 Famous Mask Dances preformed by the monks in a special day long ceremony. Afterwards the Sherpa community sing and dance the whole night long Day 9 Tyangboche to Namche Bazar 3446m 4h. Day 10 Namche to Phakding (2600m) 4 h Day 11 Phakding to Lukla (2800m) 4h. Day 12 Lukla to Kathmandu by plane 30 min. same hotel. Day 13 Free day in Kathmandu Day 14 Transport to airport 3h before of your plane leaving.
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