{"id":378,"date":"2022-01-07T08:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T08:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alphaadventuretreks.com\/blog\/?p=378"},"modified":"2022-01-11T09:20:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T09:20:02","slug":"mustangs-colorful-tiji-festival-trek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphaadventuretreks.com\/blog\/mustangs-colorful-tiji-festival-trek\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustang\u2019s Colorful Tiji Festival Trek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mustang’s upper reaches Tiji Festival<\/a><\/strong> Trekking is a trip inside Mustang’s last forbidden kingdom, and it will certainly be a memorable experience for you. Tiji is a three-day annual event held in Lo Manthang in front of the Choedhe monastery, during which monks perform ritual dances. Tiji is an annual celebration that honors the deity Dorje Jono and his demon father. Dorje Jono battles his evil father to defend the Kingdom of Upper Mustang from annihilation. On the other hand, this festival did not begin in Upper Mustang until the 17th century, when Mustangi King Samdup Rabten brought Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Sinam to Lo Manthang. He remained at the Chhode Monastery in Lo Manthang and performed the special Vajrakila ceremony for the wellbeing of all sentient beings as well as to banish all negative energies in Mustang.
You will be rewarded with breathtaking scenery, stunning mountain views, and an incredible lifetime experience of Thakali culture, tradition, and distinct way of life during the trip. You will enjoy touring Hindu pilgrimage site Muktinath, historic Buddhist monastery at Kagbeni hamlet, and many other beautiful tiny villages before reaching at the famed walled city of Lo-Manthang.
Upper Mustang is a mountainous region near the Tibetan border. Mustang was once a separate monarchy, and its language and culture are quite similar to Tibet’s. Mustang controlled the trade between the Himalayas and India from the 15th to the 17th centuries due to its strategic location. The kingdom was captured by Nepal<\/a> around the end of the 18th century, and it became a dependency of the Kingdom of Nepal. The monarchy, however, was abolished by the Nepalese government in 2008. Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista, the last king, died in 2016. His forefather, the warrior Ame Pal, created the Buddhist kingdom of Lo Manthang in 1380 and constructed much of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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