Ladakhi men performing folk dance

Folk dance performance in Ladakh during the Singge Khababs festival in Leh. The Singhey Khababs festival, earlier known as the Sindhu Darshan Festival, is a festival held annually / every year in the town of Leh, in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, North India. It is held every year on full moon day (on Guru Purnima) in month of June. It stretches for three days. It was first started in the October, 1997 and continues to be held every year since then, attracting large number of foreign as well domestic tourists. The Sindhu Darshan Festival, as the name suggests, is a celebration of River Sindhu, also known as the Indus. The main reason behind the celebration of Sindhu Darshan Festival is to endorse the Indus River (Sindhu River) as an icon of the communal harmony and unity of India. The festival is also a symbolic salutation to the courageous soldiers of the country, who risked their life to save ours.

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