The Tiji celebration is a three-day - 14th, 15th and 16th of May

 The Tiji celebration is a three-day custom known as "The pursuing of the Demons" and it is fixated on the Tiji myth. Tiji recounts the story of a god named Dorje Jono who must fight against his devil father to spare the Kingdom of Mustang from demolition. The devil father wreaks devastation on Mustang by making a water lack which, in this amazingly bone-dry area, is the most valuable life-supporting asset. Dorje Jono in the long run overcomes the evil presence and banishes him from the area. 

Tiji is a festival and reaffirmation of this myth. All through the celebration the occasions and story of the myth are re-authorized. The celebration is timed to agree with the end of the dry season (late winter/spring) and ushers in the wetter storm season. Tiji originates from the words "ten che" signifying "the trust of Buddha Dharma predominant in all planets" and is a spring replenishment celebration that additionally commends the triumph of great over insidious. In 1964 Michel Peissel was the first westerner to watch the Tiji celebration.

Mustang Tiji Festival 2015 - Himalayan exploration Treks pvt. Ltd

Mustang Tiji Festival 2015

Tiji Festival is a three day ritual celebrated on the Upper Mustang region of Nepal. The month of May is basically when the festival falls. Formerly known as the Kingdom of Lo the Upper Mustang region has held this special festival since a very long time. The dry, arid, parched region of the Upper Mustang is scarce of water and this Tiji Festival is celebrated to invoke the deity Dorje Jano to save the Kingdom from being completely devoid of water.

Mustang Tiji Festival is believed to have prevailed around the time of Lowo Kenchen (1456-1532), considered as one of the greatest Buddhist teacher and preacher of his time. It was then celebrated with great enthusiasm and was evidently considered as one of the main festival of Lo. This festival gained its prior glory and reputes after the visit of Ngachen Ngawang Kunga Sonam, a great Sakyapa master from Tibet who was invited so as to pacify the gods and remove any impediment from the Buddhist religious traditions. This master is said to have performed the masked dances as the main dancer (tsowo) and pulled an arrow to drive away demons during the Mustang Tiji festival trek.