Artistes from the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) attended the ‘Losar and Tourism Festival Celebrations 2024’ in Lachung, North Sikkim, for 3 days from 1 March 2024, at the invitation of the festival’s organising committee.
Despite troublesome journey due to damaged roads caused by last year’s glacial lake outburst flood, the team from TIPA led by Director Dhundup Tsering and Artistic Director Tenzin Phuntsok managed to attend the event and performed two traditional Tibetan operas, Chogyal Norsang and Drowa Sangmo, as well as folk song and dance performances at Lachung Thomchi School playground during the festival.
Shri Ganden T. Lachungpa, Shri Hishey Lachungpa, and Minister Samdup Lepcha were the distinguished guests at the show that was the highlight of the Festival, attracting crowds of over 200 for every show.
Commenting on the completion of this visit to Lachung, the Director of TIPA remarked, “We are delighted with the success of our first domestic cultural tour of 2024 as we received quite a lot of positive feedback from the audience towards the cultural performances and much appreciation from the festival organiser.”
-Report filed by TIPA