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Damphu Tshechu Regional Mask Dance Festival

Duration3 Hours

Event DatesOctober 01 – 04, 2026

IntensityEasy

Kingdom of Bhutan

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"The Damphu Tshechu at Damphu Dzong draws farming communities from across Tsirang's cardamom and rice terraces for two days of masked dances, folk song competitions, and archery. The festival is distinctive for featuring Zhungdra and Boedra classical song forms — court music traditions preserved in Tsirang rarely performed at larger festivals. Village craftswomen sell hand-loomed textiles, cane baskets, and dried cardamom at the festival market outside the dzong gate in a vivid rural celebration."

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Damphu Tshechu Regional Mask Dance Festival

27.0167°N, 90.1167°E

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Properties in Tsirang, the valley Damphu Tshechu Regional Mask Dance Festival unfolds in. Choose the one you would rather return to at nightfall.

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Standard · $130/night

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Damphu Resort (Tsirang)

"Damphu Resort is the most comfortable accommodation in Tsirang district, a mid-range property set on the Tsirang–Wangdue highway about two kilometres below Damphu town centre. Its nineteen rooms and well-maintained garden overlook the subtropical valleys where cardamom and mandarin orange farming dominate the landscape. The resort's restaurant is highly regarded locally for its fresh vegetable dishes and its exceptionally good Bhutanese red-rice and chilli preparations sourced directly from nearby farms."

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Economy · $50/night

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Hotel Sonam Yangchen (Tsirang)

"Hotel Sonam Yangchen is a small, family-owned guesthouse in Damphu that provides clean, unpretentious rooms and warm Bhutanese hospitality at very affordable rates. The female-led household prepares excellent home-cooked meals, and the matriarch is a renowned local expert in Tsirang's distinct culinary traditions, including dishes prepared with wild bamboo and mushrooms gathered from the surrounding forests."

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Economy · $55/night

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Hotel Dejong (Damphu)

"Hotel Dejong is a modest but reliable budget property in central Damphu, the district capital of Tsirang. Its twelve rooms serve a practical function as the primary overnight option for civil servants, students visiting the Damphu campus, and the rare tourist drawn by Tsirang's cardamom valleys and subtropical bird life. The dining room produces consistent Bhutanese and Indian food, and the hotel's ground-floor general store is handy for stocking up on provisions."

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Economy · $35/night

canteen

Khenrab Inn (Damphu)

"Khenrab Inn is the most budget-conscious accommodation in Damphu, offering eight basic rooms that are clean and functional for an overnight stay in Tsirang's administrative centre. Its ground-floor canteen is busy with locals and market traders throughout the day and produces reliable plates of ema datshi and rice at minimal cost. For travellers making the transit between Wangdue Phodrang and the southern border crossings, Khenrab Inn provides an economical and convenient rest stop."

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