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'''Mani Rimdu''' is a 19-day [[festival]] celebrated by Buddhists in the [[Mount Everest|Everest region]] of Nepal to mark the founding of [[Buddhism]] by Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nepal|first=Naturally|title=Mani Rimdu|url=https://www.welcomenepal.com/whats-on/mani-rimdu-nepal.html|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.welcomenepal.com|language=en}}</ref>[[File:Tengboche Monastery.jpg|alt=Tengboche Monastery|thumb|Tengboche Monastery]]Magnificent shows are put up on at the monasteries of [[Tengboche Monastery|Tengboche]], Thame and Chiwong. A huge crowd of [[Lama]]s and [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] meet at the monastery for the welfare of the world. They enjoy the festival with masked dances, prayers and feasts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Himalaya|first=Guide In|title=Mani Rimdu Festival 2021|url=https://www.guideinhimalaya.com/mani-rimdu-festival-trekking.html|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Guide In Himalaya|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Mani Rimdu is observed from the first day of the tenth month of the [[Tibetan calendar|Tibetan lunar calendar]] which falls between October and November under the English calendar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mani Rimdu - We All Nepali|url=http://www.weallnepali.com/nepali-festivals/mani-rimdu|access-date=2021-03-14|website=www.weallnepali.com}}</ref><br />
[[File:Mani Rimdu.jpg|thumb|Sherpa's performing dance during Mani Rimdu festival in the Himalaya's of Nepal.]]<br />
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== Origin ==<br />
Mani Rimdu began at Rongpuk Monastery in Tibet in the early 1900s, at the initiative of Ngawang Tenzin Norbu, who had studied in [[Mindrolling Monastery|Mindroling Monastery]], in Central Tibet. Like much of [[Rongbuk Monastery|Rongpuk Monastery]] practice, most of the rituals that comprise Mani Rimdu find their source at Mindroling Monastery, the great Nyingma monastery in Central Tibet.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kohn|first=Richard J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50175095|title=Lord of the dance : the Mani Rimdu Festival in Tibet and Nepal|date=2001|publisher=State University of New York Press|isbn=0-7914-4891-6|location=Albany|oclc=50175095}}</ref><br />
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== Development ==<br />
In the 1980s-1990s, Richard J. Kohn worked on university research focused on the Mani Rimdu. The Mani Rimdu festival is performed in the Sherpa and Tibetan monasteries of Solu [[Solukhumbu District|Khumbu]] District in the Everest region of Nepal: Chiwong, Thami, [[Tengboche Monastery]]. Nowadays, Mani Rimdu is the biggest event of the year for the Sherpas of the Khumbu region.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kohn|first=Richard J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50175095|title=Lord of the dance : the Mani Rimdu Festival in Tibet and Nepal|date=2001|publisher=State University of New York Press|isbn=0-7914-4891-6|location=Albany|oclc=50175095}}</ref><br />
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