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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. |
'''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. |
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Annually the festival is performed by the Pemayangtse monks at the shrine hall of [[Tsuklakhang Palace]] six 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]], practiced not only at Tsuklakhang Palace but at most of the 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. |
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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> |
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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KagyedorKagyad 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.
Annually the festival is performed by the Pemayangtse monks at the shrine hall of Tsuklakhang Palace six days before Sikkimese new year, Loosong.[1] The festival is associated with the Pang Lhabsol, practiced not only at Tsuklakhang Palace but at most of the 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.[2]
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