Sikkim recently celebrated the Annual Kagyad Dance Festival in Gangtok.
Important Days
Sikkim celebrated the annual Kagyad Dance festival with great enthusiasm at Tsuklakhang Palace in Gangtok, honoring the eight Tantric deities known as Kagyad.
- The festival, observed on the 28th and 29th days of the 10th month in the Tibetan calendar (December), is a unique Buddhist event.
- The festival is primarily celebrated by Buddhists in monasteries, including the Old Rumtek Monastery, Phodong Monastery, and Tshuklakhang Palace.
Main Point :- (i) Monks, dressed in traditional attire with ceremonial swords and masks, perform graceful dances to the rhythm of drums and trumpets, depicting stories from Buddhist mythology, particularly those of Guru Padmasambhava, who introduced Buddhism to Sikkim.
(ii) Sakewa Silior is another dance form specific to the Kirat Rai (Khambu) community of the Eastern Himalayan region, found in Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sikkim, and Northeast India. This dance mimics the movements and sounds of birds, animals, and nature, holding significant cultural meaning.
Chief minister: Prem Singh Tamang
Governor: Om Prakash Mathur
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