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Golden Star Festival

The Golden Star Festival or the Bathing Festival is a festival held in Tibet falling between the 7th and 8th month of the Tibetan Calendar (August–September). The Golden Star festival is held to wash away sins, particularly passion, greed a…

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The Golden Star Festival or the Bathing Festival is a festival held in Tibet falling between the 7th and 8th month of the Tibetan Calendar (August–September).

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The Golden Star Festival or the Bathing Festival is a festival held in Tibet falling between the 7th and 8th month of the Tibetan Calendar (August–September).

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The Golden Star Festival or the Bathing Festival is a festival held in Tibet falling between the 7th and 8th month of the Tibetan Calendar (August–September). The Golden Star festival is held to wash away sins, particularly passion, greed and jealousy and to abandon ego. Ritual bathing in rivers takes place and picnics are held.

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Golden Star Festival is event in the Tibetan calendar to wash away sins, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1

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