Festival in Bhutan

Tentative Festival Dates and locations

Festivals are annual features of Bhutanese lunar calendar. Each district has an annual festival. The dates of the annually held festivals vary from year to year, as they are set by the Bhutanese lunar calendar. Some of the important festivals and their dates are given below. Click here to view 2011 Festival dates & places

Tentative Festival Dates and places ( SAME AS IN old BROCHURE)

Time of the Year Place Festival
Feb. to March: Punakha Punakha Dromchoe & Serda (5 days)
Tashiyangtse Chorten Kora (2 days, 2 weeks apart)
March to April Tashigang Gom Kora (3 days)
Chhukha Chhukha Tsechu (3 days)
Paro Paro Tsechu (5 days)
April to May Bumthang Ura Yagchoe (6 days)
June to July: Bumthang Nimalung Tsechu (3 days)
Bumthang Kurje Tsechu (1 day)
Sep. to Oct.: W/Phodrang Wangdue Tsechu (3 days)
Thimphu Thimphu Drupchen (7 days)
Thimphu Tsechu (3 days)
Bumthang Tamshing Phala Choepa (3 days)
Tangbi Mani Cham (3 days)
Oct. to Nov.: Bumthang Jambey Lhakhang Drub (5 days)
Prakar Tsechu (4 days)
Nov. to Dec.: Mongar/td> Mongar Tsechu (4 days)>
Pemagatsel Pemagatsel Tsechu (4 days)
Tashigang Tashigang Tsechu (4 days)
Bumthang Nalakhar Tsechu (3 days)
Dec. to Jan.: Tongsa Tongsa Tsechu (3 days)
Lhuentse Lhuentse Tsechu (3 days)>