Traditional mask dance enthrals tourists.

February 15, 2023

The Fagli festival is being celebrated with great fervour in the rural areas of the Tirthan valley in Banjar subdivision of KUllu.
It is being celebrated in Pekhadi, Nahin, Tinder, Dingcha, Fariyadi, Sharchi, Basheer and Kalwari villages of the valley.
Mask dance organised during the ‘Phalgun Sankranti’ in different villages of the valley from February 13 to 15 is one of the major attractions of the festival.
Locals believe that the mask dance, performed by a few selected people, drives out demonic forces from the area and brings happiness and prosperity.
- The Tirthan valley is famous for the Great Himalayan National Park and trout fish. Small but beautiful villages situated in the remote hilly areas, rivers and waterfalls, forests and snow-capped mountain ranges add to the beauty of the valley.
Tourists from outside states like West Bengal, Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan were left spellbound by the ancient tradition of mask dance.