Public HolidayHigh Significance
Shoton Festival (Yogurt Festival)
ཞོ་སྟོན།
2026 ཟླ་བ་བརྒྱད་པའི་ཚེས་14, གཟའ་པ་སངས་ – 2026 ཟླ་བ་བརྒྱད་པའི་ཚེས་20, གཟའ་ཕུར་བུ་
Details
- Country
- 🏔️ Tibet
- Type
- Public Holiday
- Gazetted
- Yes
Business Impact
- Impact Level
- Medium Impact
- Impact Description
- Major tourism event in Lhasa; hotels fully booked; Drepung Monastery and Norbulingka see massive crowds; opera performances draw large audiences
- Planning Lead Time
- Start 2 months before
Notes
Week-long festival featuring giant thangka unveiling at Drepung Monastery, Tibetan opera, and yogurt feasting. One of the most popular festivals.