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Jampaling Festival: Newar Buddhist Festivalin Tibet

Harsamuni Shakya

Buddhist Himalaya: A Journal of Nagarjuna Institute of !a"t#ethods

Vol. IV NO. I & II (1992)

Copyright 1992 by Nagaruna Institut! o" #$a%t !tho's

h! or' *+ampaling* is th! nam! o" a ,r!at Stupa situat!' in a holy

mountain n!ar th! south o" -hasa o" ib!t. It is th! shrin! o" rya aitr!ya/th! "utur! 0u''ha o" pr!s!nt a!on. It us!' to app!ar as a gr!at Chaitya "romoutsi'! but in r!ality it as a monast!ry. On th! groun' oor o" this stupath!r! as a gr!at imag! o" rya aitr!ya 0o'hisatta. h!r! !r! 'o3!ns o"sa%r!' imag! an' s%ulptur!s in th! upp!r part o" th! stupa. On! %oul' isitth! int!rior through stairs.h!r! 4as a s!parat! shrin! '!'i%at!' to N!pal!s Simhasarthaaha (ib.Norbu Sangya) n!ar th! stupa. his shrin! as pro"us!ly '!%orat!' ithN!pal!s! artisti% arti"a%ts.

h! 5rst oor o" th! stupa ha' a magni5%!nt imag! o" Cakra6Samara an'!nough spa%! "or 7ho6%ho6ba pra%ti%!. -arg! numb!r o" "r!s%o paintings!mb!llish!' ith artisti% tr!!s/ bir's an' animals o" 'i8!r!nt kin's us!' toa'orn th! alls an' %!iling.h! s!%on' oor ha' a magni5%!nt imag! o" rya moghpasa -ok!sharastan'ing on th! main p!'astral.h! thir' oor ha' a gol'!n imag! o" Shakyamuni 0u''ha !mb!llish!' ithN!pal!s! artisti% styl! an' th! r!st o" th! oor 5ll!' ith high uality artisti%hankas 'isplay!' on th! alls o" th! Stupa. Som! oors ha' th! library o"

manus%ripts ritt!n in gol' an' sil!r ink prop!rly %o!r!' ith y!llo%loths.his stupa is o" !ight story ith 12"t. high o" !a%h story/ thus making amassi! !'i5%! o" 9:"t.How to get to Jampaling$

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In or'!r to isit to +ampaling on! ha' to ha! thr!! 'ays ourn!y throughmountain southar's "rom -hasa/ arriing th!n at a illag! %all!' Ci6ti6so.;rom th!r! on! us!' to arri! +ampaling a"t!r 12hrs. o" %umb!rsom! ourn!y.h! monast!ry o" +ampaling us!' to hous! about := 0u''hist monks.

Jampaling Festival: Trade Fair too%+ampaling ;!stial as on! o" th! gr!at!st "!stial o" ib!t. It as a sort o"mo'!rn ra'! "air p!opl! "rom 'i8!r!nt parts o" ib!t an' also "rom bor'!rar!as %om! to parti%ipat! in this "!stial. p!opl! su%h as Si6ling6ba (m'oproin%!)/ Si6Chu6ng ba/ soko ?hambas/ m'o/ sang6ba/ o6@!ba/ ,o6-a6?ha (South!rn Chin!s!)/ buha ?ong6ba/ N!ars (ib/ 0al6Ao) an' 'i8!r!nttrib!s o" ib!tan p!opl! parti%ipat! in th! "air. h!y bring goo's b!longing toth!ir r!sp!%ti! r!gions. o %it! som! illustrations ?ong6ba tra'!s m!n (in th!bor'!r o" In'ian ssam) bring *;o60a* oo'!n t!a %up "or sal!. -hasar!si'!nt N!ars bring gol'/ sil!r an' %opp!r ink. h!s! inks ar! us!' in

'i8!r!nt monast!ri!s o" China an' ib!t. #sp!%ially Chin!s! artist !r! !rymu%h "on' o" th!s! N!ar ra'!sm!nBs pro'u%ts as th! inks us!' to b! th!b!st "or hanka paintings. h! art o" making gol' ink/ sil!r ink an' %opp!rink b!ing unknon to th!m N!ar tra'!rs ha' monopoly an' ha' a gr!at'!man' "or th!s! inks. h!r! ar! thr!! important illag! aroun' +ampaling.h!y ar! Ci6i6So/ a6Nang/ an',ya6-i. h!s! illag!s ar! "amous "or!aing sp!%ial ib!tan 'r!ss %all!' *Na60u*. h!s! *Na60uBsar! us!' alsoby Han %hin!s! an' ongolians. s!t o" Na60u 'r!ss is 'urabl! "or on!Bs li"!tim!. Som! o" its thr!a's ar! som!tim!s %an b! s!!n only by po!r"ull!ns!s. s its thr!a's ar! 5n! it is !$p!nsi! too. h! %olours 'y!' by N!arDanikars !r! ho!!r 'urabl! an' o" !$%!ll!nt uality. Danitkars ar!

N!ars ho ar! !$p!rt in 'y!ing o" %olours. ost o" th! busin!ssm!n ho'!alt ith this Nabu 'r!ss !r! N!ars.#!ry y!ar this "!stial is obs!r!' by th! ib!tans an' N!ars on th! si$thmonth o" ib!tan %al!n'ar i.!. Shraana pratipa'a to stami (+uly>ugust) "orstraight !ight 'ays. his tra'ition as "oun'!' by N!pal!s! Sarthaaha.7uring "!stials N!ars us!' to !$!r%is! "ull po!r in that pla%! an'%!r!mony. h! story o" N!pal!s! Simhasarthgaaha Eis r!lat!' in '!tail inani bkaB6Bbum an' ,una ?aran'a yuha Sutra. Non! !r! to start th!irbusin!ss in th! "air unl!ss an' untilN!ar 0u''hists o8!r th!ir long s%ar" (pa6ta) to th! gr!at Stupa. It as a

tim! honor!' tra'ition.In th! 5rst 'ay o" %!r!mony all N!ar 0u''hists ass!mbl! tog!th!r an' a"t!rp!r"orming ritualisti% %!r!mony o" o8!ring s%ar" (pa6ta) to th! gr!at stupaa%%ompani!' by N!ar 0u''hists musi%al instrum!nts th!y th!n%ir%ummabulat!' th! gr!at %aitya thr!! tim!s. "t!r this %!r!mony N!ar0u''hists us!' to announ%! that th! "air parti%ipants %an start th!irbusin!ss. h! l!ngth o" s%ar" h!n hang!' "rom th! top o" %aitya to th!

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bottom is about 4:= ku m!asur!s in N!ar tra'ition i.!.4:= $ 1.< "t F