{"id":107835,"date":"2020-07-16T16:35:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T11:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrotalk.com\/astrology-blog\/?p=107835"},"modified":"2020-07-16T16:35:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T11:05:49","slug":"karsha-gustor-festival-buddhist-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrotalk.com\/astrology-blog\/karsha-gustor-festival-buddhist-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Karsha Gustor Festival: A Unique Buddhist Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> In Ladakh, a very famous Buddhist monastery Karsha is located. This beautiful place will leave you astonished with its rich culture, beauty, and peaceful environment. The celebration of the Gustor festival takes place in the month of July. It is full of masked dances, spiritual chanting, and music. If you want to experience Ladakh culture and know about how people there stay happy and peaceful, then this festival can help you a lot. The central theme of this celebration is to spread the message of &#8220;good over evil&#8221;. It makes us realize, what all are we missing in humanity today.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/astrotalk.com\/astrology-blog\/karsha-gustor-festival-buddhist-festival\/#Significance_of_Gustor_Festival\" >Significance of Gustor Festival<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/astrotalk.com\/astrology-blog\/karsha-gustor-festival-buddhist-festival\/#Significance_of_Dance_Drama\" >Significance of Dance Drama<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/astrotalk.com\/astrology-blog\/karsha-gustor-festival-buddhist-festival\/#How_is_the_Gustor_Festival_celebrated\" >How is the Gustor Festival celebrated?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/astrotalk.com\/astrology-blog\/karsha-gustor-festival-buddhist-festival\/#Special_Dishes_of_Gustor_Festival\" >Special Dishes of Gustor Festival<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/astrotalk.com\/astrology-blog\/karsha-gustor-festival-buddhist-festival\/#Timings_of_The_Festival\" >Timings of The Festival<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Here is all you need to know about this unique<strong> Buddhist Festival<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Significance_of_Gustor_Festival\"><\/span>Significance of Gustor Festival <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustor Festival is a celebration that shows the victory of good forces over evil forces. On the birthday of Tibetan saint-scholar, Tsongkhapa, this big celebration of the <strong>Gustor Festival<\/strong> takes place. During the 14th Century, Tsongkhapa founded \u00a0Gelukpa School. Also, the school was known for preaching <strong>Tibetan Buddhism<\/strong>. Ladakh is fully decorated with lights and flowers that make the celebration more lively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason why this festival is so important for people of Ladak because it shows progressive Buddhism. The celebration includes dancing and spiritual chanting that pushed away evil forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Significance_of_Dance_Drama\"><\/span>Significance of Dance Drama<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival is full of many significant dance performances. Dancers wear beautiful in appealing colorful costumes and their music for dance is chanting by Gelupka monks. This ceremony includes 2 days of dancing. Dance performances have hidden meaning of showing ill acts carried by Lhang Dar-Ma&nbsp;on Tibetan Monk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evil acts of jealousy, sin, ill behavior, etc are performed by dancers through their dances. The motive is to educate people that no matter how big evil forces are, they are never bigger than good forces. Evil will always lose against good. We should never give up on being good. And no matter how hard things get in life, one should never give up on fighting for good things. Dancers try to depict victory by wearing<strong> Dharmapala Masks<\/strong>. Most importantly, the main objective of the Festival is to protect Buddhism and to spread its importance among people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_is_the_Gustor_Festival_celebrated\"><\/span>How is the Gustor Festival celebrated?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration of the festival is very lively. It attracts people from all around the world. Gustor Festival is an important event for people practicing Buddhism. There are many activities that are carried on in the Festival by devotees. The most important activities of these celebrations are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Firstly, The festival celebration starts with the making of the cake called sacrificial cake or Storm. It depicts evil forces. The cake is cut into two by black hat monks. This ceremony is known is <strong>Argham <\/strong>or Killing. <\/li><li>Secondly, Buddhist monks perform spiritual chanting to drive away evil forces. It brings positivity and charm to the environment. Chanting also helps in bring peace in Nature and make people suffer less.  <\/li><li>Thirdly, Dancers wearing costumes perform dances that depict different meanings and that makes festival energetic. Gustor Festival is very famous for dance performances and masks that dancers during it. It makes the whole area colorful.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Special_Dishes_of_Gustor_Festival\"><\/span>Special Dishes of Gustor Festival <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One of the most crucial dishes in the Festival is &#8220;sacrificial cake&#8221;, also called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8NE7abwIUUE\">Argham<\/a>. <\/li><li>Other traditional dishes like \u2018Thukpa\u2019 forms very delicious dining for people participating in the festival. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>People also gift each other with the traditional ceremonial scarf called \u2018Khatak\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Timings_of_The_Festival\"><\/span>Timings of The Festival<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ladakhis follow the Tibetian calendar for their Festivals and Buddhist Festival is very important to <strong>Buddhist monks in Ladakh<\/strong>. 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