IMPORTANT EVENTS & FESTIVALS
Namchi Mahotsav:
It is a week long festival held every October at Namchi which showcases the
three district communities of Sikkim (Bhutia, Lepcha, Nepali) with their
tradition, culture, cuisines and life style. One can come and experience the
rich cultural diversity.
Pang Lhabsol:
It is celebrated
on 15th day of the 7th month of lunar calendar at
Ravangla. Guru Rimpoche when he visited Sikkim came upon hundreds of evil
spirits which were controlling Sikkim, he tamed these evil spirit and made them
the protectors of Sikkim and every year Pang Lhabsol is celebrated in thanking
and worshiping the guardian deities of which mt. Kanchenjunga is one of them.
Maghey mela:
It is celebrated at Jorethang every year during Makhar Sakranti in January. It
started as an agricultural fair and has evolved into a week long festival where
traditional handicrafts, cultural shows, cuisines and rural sports are
displayed.
Rankey mela:
It is celebrated in
Namchi on the first day of Sawan (nepali calendar), which is mid-July every
year. It is a celebration and welcoming the rainy season after drought period
with the burning of effigy of Rankey ghost. A daylong programme of rural sports
is held.
Ravangla discovered:
It is a tourist festival the
theme of this year was “handicrafts” it was a platform where handicrafts from
Sikkim, Bhutan and north-east states were exhibited and it was sale-cum
demonstration of handicrafts with cultural show and musical extravagance. It is
organized in the month of March-April every year.
