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Dumji  Festival - 2010

This is a very special festival in the khumbu area celebrated in the month of May or June every year. There is much dancing, drinking and merry making in addition to the more serious rituals and cancers performed by the monks.

The Dumji festival celebrates and honors the anniversary of Guru Rinpoche's birth on the lotus flower. Lama Sangwa Dorjee is the founder of the earliest monsteries of Khumbu and he was the first to start the Dumji festival in Pangboche about 360 years ago in order to coincide with the birth anniversary of Guru Rimpoche

The festival serves as a religious and community duty to help bring the villagers together. Every twenty yrs it falls upon one family to provide food and drink for the entire village for the duration of the celebrations, which last for 4 days. Each family has its turn to provide the festival for the village, which is quite  costly for that family. On a rotation basis, four laws are chosen to undertake the responsibility of conducting Dumi and communities it leads a family to bankruptcy.

Dumji festival is performed by the Tengboche monks in Tengboche, Namche Bazar, Khumjung and Pangboche of Khumbu and Junbesi of Solu. The Festival in Namche is the most interesting and popular one among them all. These dates may vary by one or more days as the Tengboche Rimpoche, Abbot of Tengboche monastery, may alter the schedule depending on local events.

April 11 to 14 - 2010  Dumji Festival Video Clip  (Junbesi - Solu)

Itinerary:

Day 01: Arrival Kathmandu
Day 02: Sightseeing Kathmandu and Patan
Day 03: Fly to Phaplu
Day 04: Trek
Day 05: Trek
Day 06: Trek
Day 07: Trek
Day 08: Trek
Day 09: Trek
Day 10: Trek
Day 11: Trek
Day 12: Trek
Day 13: Trek
Day 14: Fly Kathmandu
Day 15: Free Day
Day 16: Departure

Airport / Hotel / Airport pick up & drop by private car/van/bus
Hotel in Kathmandu  on  B / B
Guided Kathmandu Valley Sightseeing tour with English speaking Tour guide
All meals during trekking 3 meals a day (Breakfasts, Lunches and Dinners)
Twin sharing Lodge or Teahouse accommodation during the trek
Government Licensed holder English speaking Trekking Guides and Porters during the trek
Food, accommodation, salary, insurance, equipment and medicine for all trekking staff.
Everest  National Park Conservation Area Permit.
TIMS (Trekking Information Management System) Card for the Everest Trek.
All local Transportation from Kathmandu to Syabru

Meals whilst in Kathmandu except Breakfast.
All kind drinks (Alcoholic, hot and cold drinks)
Personal Trekking Equipment.
Personal travel and medical insurance
Tips for trekking staff (Tipping is expected).
Sightseeing/Monument entrance fees.
Any kind of personal expense / Helicopter rescue
Any others expenses which are not mentioned on Price Includes section

Festival Events: 2010

1. Tiji Festival in Mustang
2. Mani Rimdu Festival in Tengboche
3. Mani Rimdu Festival in Chiwang
4. Saga Dawa Festival in Kailash
5. Dumje Festival 2010 Everest Region