Kagyed or Kagyad is a

Buddhist festival This is a list of holidays and festivals celebrated within the Buddhist tradition. Holidays *Vesak: The Buddha's birthday is known as Vesak and is one of the major festivals of the year. It is celebrated on the first full moon day in May, or the ...

held in parts of northern

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, particularly

Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...

. The Kagyed dance is performed on the 28th and 29th day of the 10th month of the

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which usually falls in early December. Annually the festival is performed by the Pemayangtse monks at the shrine hall of Tsuklakhang Palace six days before Sikkimese new year, Loosong. The festival is associated with the Pang Lhabsol, practiced not only at Tsuklakhang Palace but at most of the monasteries in Sikkim where earlier celebrations are held in mid-September in honor of Mount Khangchendzonga, and then finalized by the Kagyed in early December. Although the dance is very serious in nature, jesters perform in between to provide

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