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Calender of the Ladakh Festival 2000

Date	Day	Time	Events	Participant	Venue
September 1	Friday	1030 hours to 1300 hours	Procession of cultural troupes, monks, polo players in colourful traditional costumes from Lamdon School to polo ground via main bazaar and inauguration of the festival followed by cultural programmes	Cultural troupes and participants from different regions of Ladakh	Polo ground
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Music concerts	Artists from different region of Ladakh	Buddha Jayanti park
September 2	Saturday	0900 hours to 1600 hours	Traditional village archery and cultural show	Artists of Thiksay village	Thiksay village
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Music concert	Artists of CATS	Buddha Jayanti park
September 3	Sunday	0900 hours to 1100 hours	Chams (monastic dance)	Monks of Matho	Matho monastery
		1300 hours to 1600 hours	Traditional village archery	Artists of Thiksay village	Thiksay village
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Ladakhi play	Artists of LTO	Buddha Jayanti park
September 4	Monday	0900 hours to 1600 hours	Traditional village archery and cultural show	Artists of Basgo village	Basgo village
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Tibetan music concert	Artists of SOS village	Buddha Jayanti park.
September 5	Tuesday	0900 hours to 1100 hours	Chams (monastic dance)	Ven. monks of Matho	Matho monastery
		1300 hours to 1600 hours	Traditional village archery.	Artists of Basgo village	Basgo village
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	New Year scene in the royal courtyard from Stok	Artists of Stok	Buddha Jayanti park
September 6	Wednesday	0900 hours to 1800 hours	Traditional village archery and cultural show	Artists of Leh	Leh village
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	New Year scene from Chuchot	Artists of LASOL	Buddha Jayanti park
September 7	Thursday	0930 hours to 1130 hours	Chams (monastic dance)	Monks of Matho	Matho monastery
		1400 hours to 1800 hours	2^nd day of village archery	Artists of Leh	Leh village
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Tibetan musical concert	Artists of SOS village	Buddha Jayanti park,
September 8	Friday	0900 hours to 1800 hours	Nubra Festival	Artists from different places of Nubra	Diskit Nubra
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Mock marriage	Artists of CATS	Buddha Jayanti park
September 9	Saturday	1400 hours to 1800 hours	2^nd day of Nubra festival	Artists from different places of Nubra	Diskit Nubra
		1500 hours to 1630 hours	Inauguration of Ladakh Festival polo tournament.	Polo team	Polo ground
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Ladakhi play	Artists of LTO	Buddha Jayanti park
September 10	Sunday	0900 hours to 1600 hours	Sham festival	Artists from different places of Sham	Skurbuchan
		1600 hours to 1730 hours	Polo match	Polo team	Polo ground
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Costume show	Artists of LASOL	Buddha Jyanti park
September 11	Monday	1300 hours to 1600 hours	2^nd day of Sham festival	Artists from different places of Sham	Skurbuchan
		1600 hours to 2130 hours	Polo match	Polo Team	Polo ground
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Poem symposium and variety programmes	Selected artists	Buddha Jayanti park
September 12	Tuesday	2100 hours to 1600 hours	Changthang festival	Artists from different places of Changthang	Tangtse-Durbuk
		1600 hours to 1730 hours	Polo match	Polo team	Polo ground
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Musical concert	Artists of Choglamsar	Buddha Jayanti park
September 13	Wednesday	1300 hours to 1600 hours	2^nd day of Changthang festival	Artists from different places of Changthang	Tangtse-Durbuk
		1600 hours to 1740 hours	Polo match	Polo team	Polo ground
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	New Year scene in the royal courtyard at Stok	Artists of Stok	Buddha Jayanti park
September 14	Thursday	0930 hours to 1130 hours	Chams (monastic dance)	Monks of Matho	Matho monastery
		1600 hours to 1730 hours	Polo match	Polo team	Polo ground
		1900 hours to 2130 hours	Different cultural programmes	Selected artists	Buddha Jayanti park
September 15	Friday	1400 hours	Valedictory and prize distribution function with cultural programmes.	Selected artists	Polo ground