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'''Kagyed''' or '''Kagyad''' is a [[Buddhist festival]] held in parts of northern [[India]], particularly [[Sikkim]]. The Kagyed dance is performed on the 28th and 29th day of the 10th month of the [[Tibetan Calendar]] which usually falls in early December.
The Kagyed dance symbolizes destruction of the evil forces by burning effigies made of [[foot]], [[flour]], and [[paper]]. Practitioners also pray for peace and prosperity for every Sikimmese home. Annually the festival is performed by the Pemayangtse monks at the shrine hall of [[Tsuklakhang Palace]] twosix days before Sikkimese new year, [[Loosong]].<ref name="IHR">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiahotelreview.com/travel-guide/gangtok/tsuklakhang--royal-chapel-and-monastery---192-716.htm|title=Tsuklakhang ─The Royal Chapel and Monastery|publisher=India Hotel Review|accessdate=November 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713024812/http://www.indiahotelreview.com/travel-guide/gangtok/tsuklakhang--royal-chapel-and-monastery---192-716.htm|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The festival is associated with the [[Pang Lhabsol]], practisedpracticed not only at Tsuklakhang Palace but at [[Ralangmost Monastery]]of and some otherthe monasteries in Sikkim where earlier celebrations are held in mid-September in honor of [[Mount Khangchendzonga]], and then finalized by the Kagyed in early December.
Although the dance is very serious in nature, jesters perform in between to provide [[comic relief]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.festivalsofindia.in/Kagyed-Dance/ |title=Festivals in India |access-date=7 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511195040/http://www.festivalsofindia.in/Kagyed-Dance/ |archive-date=11 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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