Shey Doo Lhoo

There are two seasonal festivals held here every year. The first festival is held at Shey Palace on the 26th and 27th day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar corresponding to July or August month of the Gregorian calendar. This festival is called "Shey Doo Lhoo" to mark the beginning of the sowing season. The two day monastic celebration is marked by special rituals performed by the monks in the main monastery, in addition to several other religious rites. Villagers throng to the monastery in large numbers in a spirit of celebration and hope. During this festival, an oracle reader who visits the monastery on a horse back, conducts a three-day prayer, and then goes into trance. In this state of trance, he is said to give prophesies.On the 30th day of the 1st Tibetan month celebrates shey rul-lo .Dedicated as the month honoring the Buddha’s life, Saka Dawa is the most sacred of Buddhist holidays that celebrates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha Shakyamuni. Any good deed during this time is said to manifest blessings that are multiplied many times over.