Every October or November, Tengboche holds the famous Mani Rimdu festival that consists of nineteen day's of meditation, ceremonies of "pujas" and culminates with a blessing ceremony and spectacular mask dances. The main events for outsiders are the last days which will be as follow scheduled for 2009:
16 NOV: Wong blessing ceremony for the general public
17 NOV: Mask Dances - open to the public from 10AM to 5PM. Traditional dancing by the Sherpa community continues throughout the night.
18 NOV: Fire puja.
Please note that the festival dates might be changed by the monastery, by mid-year Tengboche monastery officially publishes the dates on their website.
