Thimphu Tshechu in Bhutan
Thimphu Tshechu in Bhutan is held on September 30. Starts on the 10th day of the 8th lunar month. The three-day religious event plays an important role in the lives of Bhutanese people as it is an opportunity for the Buddhist followers to immerse and cleanse themselves of the bad Karma and to remind them of what to make of their lives. This event in the third decade of the month September is annual. 
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The three-day religious event plays an important role in the lives of Bhutanese people as it is an opportunity for the Buddhist followers to immerse and cleanse themselves of the bad Karma and to remind them of what to make of their lives.
The Tshechu is witnessed by thousands of people, both local and tourists. The actual Tshechu is preceded by days and nights of prayer and rituals to invoke the gods. Mask dances like the Guru Tshengye (Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche), Shaw Shachi (Dance of the Stags) and many more are performed.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Thimphu Drubchen in Bhutan on September 27 (is precedes the popular three-day Thimphu Tshechu festival. The Drubchen showcases the sacred dances dedicated to the protecting deity of Bhutan);
Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo in Bhutan on November 1 (འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་ - King Jigme Khesar Namgyel's);
Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck in Bhutan on November 11 (also Consitution Day);
Lhabab Duchen or Descending Day of Lord Buddha on November 11 (Celebrate on the twenty second day of the ninth month of the Buddhist calendar);
National Day in Bhutan on December 17 (celebrates its National Day on 17 December, in commemoration of the day in 1907 when Gongsar Wangchuk was crowned the first king over a united Bhutan);
Nyinlong in Bhutan on January 2 (or Winter Solstice. Dzongkha: ཉིན་ལོང་, Wylie: nyin long "return of the sun");
Traditional Day of Offerings in Bhutan on January 30 (celebrated on the first day of the twelfth month of the Bhutanese calendar. In eastern Bhutan, the first day of the 12th Bhutanese month is celebrated as a New Year)