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Ongkor Festival
The Ongkor Festival (, Wylie transliteration, Wylie: , or () in some dialects) is one of the most important Tibetan festivals of the Tibetan calendar, Tibetan lunar year. Ongkor is usually held at the end of summer. The meaning of the festival's name is "good wishes for harvest", literally "making a circle around the field". During this festival, one person from each family in the village participates in Kora (pilgrimage), kora in the fields. People in the procession dress in Tibetan culture, traditional clothes and play different roles—warriors, riders, drummers, those praying, or monks. In some regions Lhamo, Tibetan opera, dancing to drums and horse racing is performed. During this festival, many different aspects of traditional Tibetan culture are shown, including singing, dancing, the art of debate, dressing{{Clarify, date=June 2021 and praying. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monks During Ongkor
A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedicate their life to serving other people and serving God, or to be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live their life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many religions and in philosophy. In the Greek language, the term can apply to women, but in modern English it is mainly in use for men. The word ''nun'' is typically used for female monastics. Although the term ''monachos'' is of Christianity, Christian origin, in the English language ''monk'' tends to be used loosely also for both male and female ascetics from other religious or philosophical backgrounds. However, being generic, it is not interchangeable with terms that denote particular kinds of monk, such as cenobite, her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
