Ladakh festival is celebrated every year in Leh and its villages in the month of September. The inauguration ceremony of the festival takes place in Leh on a large scale with a procession of several cultural troupes from different part of the region which traverses through Leh Market. There is dancing, singing, traditional music, people wearing colorful traditional Ladakhi dresses.
The Ladakh festival offers an insight into the region's culture and traditions. The locals lead a simple life enriched with customs and an opulent history.
These Ladakhi men train for weeks to perform at the choir ceremony of Ladakh Festival.
The Ladakh festival takes place under the bright blue skies of Leh. The gaudy red robes create a magical contrast as the choir men move around and dance in circles.
During the performance, the choir men balance the brass kettles on their heads and continue swaying to the choir music.
The locals take great pride in being part of the Ladakh festival. Their smiling faces are a testimony to their happy hearts and content lives.
Women often wear heavily studded head gears during folk performances. Turquoise stones are found in abundance in Ladakh's sandy terrain.
The women sing at very high pitches and dance along with their own tunes under a bright blue sky.
Hundreds of young boys and girls come from far off valleys of Ladakh to be part of this festival.
Elated tourists join the performers to dance to Ladakhi tunes.
Overwhelmed by the attention giving crowd of the festival, a young girls hides away from the camera as she giggles with her friends.
