{"id":13688,"date":"2025-09-08T15:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/?p=13688"},"modified":"2025-09-08T19:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:08:02","slug":"tibetan-cultural-festival-2025-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/blog\/2025\/09\/08\/tibetan-cultural-festival-2025-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan Cultural Festival 2025 Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our field trip to the Tibetan Cultural Festival 2025 in Redding, Connecticut was awesome. From eating traditional momos (dumplings) with fried rice, and drinking warm traditional butter and sweet teas to  shopping for unique Tibetan items in the market place, watching the animal blessing, listening to the monks from Tibetan and Theravada traditions chant ancient mantras, just hanging out with good Dharma friends, and so much more. It was a great vibe! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you wish to experience a little bit of Tibet in the Middletown area, we can suggest the <a href=\"https:\/\/himalayantibetan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Himalayan Tibetan Nepali Restaurant<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-2025-blessing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"562\" data-id=\"13692\" src=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-2025-blessing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-2025-blessing.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-2025-blessing-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibetan-fest-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"648\" data-id=\"13689\" src=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibetan-fest-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibetan-fest-25.jpg 864w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibetan-fest-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibetan-fest-25-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-market.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"13691\" src=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-market.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-market.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-market-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-market-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-flags.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"13690\" src=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-flags.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-flags.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-flags-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bffct.org\/bff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tibet-Fest-25-flags-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our field trip to the Tibetan Cultural Festival 2025 in Redding, Connecticut was awesome. 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