The Chigawo cha Upper Mustang ndi gawo limodzi lofunikira kwambiri pazomera komanso zikhalidwe ku Nepal. Upper Mustang yomwe imatchedwanso Lo- Manthang Upper Mustang imatsimikiziridwa ndi malo amthunzi wamvula wa Annapurna ndi mapiri a Dhaulagiri, kuyenda m'dera la Mustang kungapezeke nthawi iliyonse popanda nkhawa za chipale chofewa kapena mvula. Chigawo cha Mustang ku Nepal chimatengedwa ngati Ufumu woletsedwa wa Nepal. Derali limakhala ndi anthu ochokera ku Tibetan omwe ali ndi chikhalidwe chawo komanso miyambo yawo. Malowa nthawi zambiri amanenedwa kuti ndi malo opitilira mapiri. Maonekedwe ochititsa chidwi komanso chikhalidwe chapadera cha mudzi wa Himalaya sichimalephera kunyengerera alendo.
Mustang Region akhoza kugawidwa m'madera awiri, kumtunda ndi kumunsi kwa Mustang. Zimaphatikizapo zomera zobiriwira ndi zowuma kusakaniza kwapadera kwa malo amchenga ndi miyala, kuyambira kumpoto kuchokera kumudzi wa Kagbeni pafupi ndi mtsinje wa Kali Gandaki, derali lili ndi zizindikiro zambiri za Chibuda zokhala ndi stupas, gompas, amonke ndi mbendera zokongola za mapemphero Achibuda akuyenda mozungulira ndi zomangamanga zomangidwa ndi miyala. Lo- Manthang ndi ufumu waung'ono wa Upper Mustang umene kale unali khomo la malonda, nthano zakale zimasonyeza kuti woyambitsa Chibuda ankakhala m’derali kuti amenyane ndi zoipa. Derali lili ndi miyambo yakale yakale yachi Tibetan komanso malingaliro achipembedzo.
Malo kupitirira Ulendo wozungulira wa Annapurna njira ndipo amafuna chilolezo chapadera kuti alowe. Malowa ali mkati mwa chigawo choletsedwa cha Nepal. Boma la Nepal layesetsa kuteteza chiyambi ndi kukongola kwa malowa padziko lonse lapansi. Choncho zilolezo zapadera ndi ma visa osiyana othawa kwawo ayenera kufunikira kuti alowe kumtunda wa Mustang ku Nepal.
Jeep drive ndi lingaliro labwino kwa Upper Mustang lopangidwira mwapadera komanso mwangwiro alendo omwe akufuna kuchitira umboni malo akale osayenda mpaka komwe akupita, mwina chifukwa chosowa nthawi kapena ngati ali ndi vuto loyenda komanso kuyenda. Royal Enfield Motorbike 350/ Honda CRF 250/ Royal Enfield Himalaya 411 Ulendo wa njinga zamoto ndi ulendo wina wabwino wa Adventurous kwa okonda ulendo.
Ponena za chigawo chakumunsi cha dera la Mustang, mtsinje wa Kali Gandaki, womwe ndi wozama kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, pakati pa Annapurna (8,091m) ndi Dhaulagiri (8,167m). Dera la Lo- Manthnag limakupatsirani mpweya wouma ndikukusangalatsani ndi thambo loyera pakati pa mapiri amchenga. Ulendo wotsikirapo Mustang umayamba ndi Jomsom likulu la chigawochi ndikulowera kukachisi wopatulika wa Muktinath ndi mzinda wokongola wokhala ndi mipanda ndipo kufufuza m'chigawo chino kumakulolani kuti mulowe mumiyendo ya miyala ya miyala, mmisiri wachilengedwe wa malo ochititsa chidwi, ndikudziwana ndi anthu komanso moyo wawo wapadera wa moyo wa nkhosa, moyo wa Yak wosalira zambiri.
Malowa ndi otchuka chifukwa cha Tiji festival, Kupatulapo miyambo ndi chikhalidwe, nyumba za amonke za kumtunda kwa Mustang zikuyembekezera oyendayenda achipembedzo cha Buddhist. Njira yodziwika bwino yopita ku Mustang ndi motere.
4. Ulendo Wachikondwerero cha Upper Mustang Tiji
5. Upper Mustang Overland Jeep Tour
Phwando la Upper Mustang Tiji:
Chikondwerero chachikulu cha Lo- Manthang cha Tiji ndi chokopa komanso chodabwitsa. Ulendo wa Upper Mustang akuphatikiza miyambo yachikhalidwe ndi midzi yosowa ku Mustang, zozizwitsa zodabwitsa zamapiri, malo opatulika a Buddhist ndi akachisi, ndi chikondwerero cha masiku atatu cha chikondwerero cha Tiji, mwambo wa Tibetan. Anthu a kumtunda kwa Mustang amachita zipembedzo zawo zakale. Trekking/ Jeep driving / Bike Tour up to Lo pa chikondwerero cha Tiji ndi mwayi wamtengo wapatali wofufuza chikhalidwe cha ku Tibetan.
Chikhalidwe cha ku Tibetan komanso moyo wachi Buddha wachi Tibet zimakhudza dera la Upper Mustang, kukhala pafupi kwambiri ndi malire a Tibet. Ku Lo- Manthang, mutha kuwona nyumba zakale zokongola za amonke ndi zotsalira za nyumba zachifumu zakale ndi mipanda. Upper Mustang imadziwikanso kuti Lo ili kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa mtunda wa Annapurna I (8,091m) ndi Dhaulagiri (8,167m). Malo otsetsereka a Tibetan akuzungulira kumtunda kwa Mustang kummawa, kumadzulo, ndi kumpoto ndipo amakhalabe ndi Nepal kumwera kokha.
Phwando la Tiji nthawi zambiri limakondwerera mwezi wa Meyi kapena Juni kutengera kalendala yawo. Zimakutengerani ku Ufumu Woletsedwa wa Lo Manthang kwa chikondwerero chachikulu cha masiku atatu. Pa chikondwererocho, mudzawona amonke akuvina pa masks akuchita ngati ziwanda. Amavina mitundu ingapo yodumphadumpha mmwamba ndi malupanga awo achikhalidwe ndi zovala zachi Tibet zokongola komanso nyimbo.
Mawu akuti Tiji amachokera ku mawu oti "ten che" omwe amatanthauza "chiyembekezo cha dharma chomwe chilipo padziko lonse lapansi". Uwu ndi uthenga womwe Guru Rinpoche unafalikira padziko lonse lapansi kudzera mu chipembedzo cha Buddhism. Amakhulupirira kuti Tiji ndi chikondwerero chotsitsimutsa kasupe chomwe chinachitika mu Chilimwe. Anthu a ku Lo- Manthang amakhulupirira kuti chikondwererochi chimalimbitsa chiyembekezo, mphamvu, ndi chitukuko mu ufumu wawo kuchokera ku zoipa.
Anthu a Lo Manthang amakhulupirira kuti chikondwerero cha Tiji ndi chikondwerero cha kupambana kwa zabwino pa zoipa. Chikondwererochi chimagwirizana mwachindunji ndi nthano. Malinga ndi nthano, Dorje Jono, mulungu ayenera kupulumutsa ufumu wa Lo kuti usawononge polimbana ndi abambo ake a ziwanda. Anthu amakhulupirira kuti mulunguyo anabadwanso kuti agonjetse mphamvu zoipa zimene zinayambitsa mavuto padziko lapansi. Tiji ndi chikondwerero cholemekezeka m'chigawo cha Mustang. Pa zikondwerero za anthu akumalo a chikondwerero cha Tiji, Anthu a ku Lo Manthang amavala zovala zawo zamitundumitundu, zogoba, ndikuchita magule apadera pamaso pa nyumba yachifumu ya m'deralo.
Amakhulupirira kuti chikondwerero cha Tiji chinayamba m’zaka za m’ma 15. Pamavinidwe ovina kwa masiku atatu, ng'oma (Dhangro) ndi nyimbo zachibuda zimadzaza mlengalenga. Komanso, pa chikondwererochi, amawonetsa zojambula zakale za Thangka za Guru Rimpoche Padmasambhava. Zonsezi ndizochitika zodabwitsa kufufuza Upper Mustang chigwa nthawi yachilimwe.
Mu 2021, anthu aku Lo-Manthang adzakondwerera chikondwerero cha Tiji pa 30 May, 31st May, ndi 01st June.
