Dumjee Festival
In june lunar calendar fifth month 9-17, namche holds an annual festival called dumjee actually all the villages in khumbu celebrate this event, but the festivities in namche are the most impressive. the festival celebrates the achievements of a highly respected sherpa lama, and while the first few days are rather subdued with just local families visiting each other for food and entertainment, the final few days are a boistorous affair held at the namche monastery. the ceremonies are presided over by the incarnate lama of tengboche monastery and include hillarious lama dances, traditional sherpa dances and an initiation ceremony.
Namche market
As the name of the village suggests, namche bazaar has a market. every saturday morning, sherpas from the surrounding valleys spread out their agricultural products and electronic goods carried from kathmandu on land above the main path into town. while the goods themselves may not be interesting to tourists, the market itself is certainly worth wandering around and is a good place to get some souvenir shots of "khumbu life". check out the ã½ak "parking area" above the market - though don't get too close. yaks are notoriously ill tempered.