Gold Fish Resort

haa festival

The people of Nyabi, Zhungkhar, Dangling and Maenjabi communities celebrate a local festival called Kesabi Haa (ཁེ་ས་སྦིས་ཧ). It starts from 17th day of the 7th month of the Bhutanese calendar and ends on 19th day of 7th month of the Bhutanese calendar. It is an annual event for these communities. According to local lore, the festival is believed to be the consecration ceremony of Kesabi temple built by Lama Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa. People also sing Bro (བྲོ་) song, which too is believed to be the offering of song made to god during the consecration ceremony of the temple.

Kesibi temple was built by Lama Rinzin Jigme Lingpa. It is believed that the Lama initially planned to construct the temple at Tasibee but later decided to construct the temple at Kesibi, after his horse habitually came down hill to Kesibi for grazing. Today the temple is owned by the community of Zhungkhar, Dangling and Nyabi. Every year the people of Zhungkhar and Nyabi celebrate their annual festival called Kesibi Haa at the Lhakhang.