Chief guest Sikyong Penpa Tsering addressing the gathering. Photo / Tenzin Phende / DIIR

Dharamshala: On 27 August 2025, the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) in Dharamshala celebrated its 66th founding anniversary with the annual summer Yarkyi festival in the Institute’s main auditorium. The event featured two competing teams, Ngonpa and Gyalu houses.

As part of a year-long celebration of the “Year of Compassion” commemorating His Holiness’s 90th birth anniversary, the cultural performances reflected the theme of compassion, featuring various songs, theatrical plays, and skits in tribute to patriots and prominent Tibetan figures.

Sikyong Penpa Tsering graced the event as the chief guest, accompanied by special guest Khenpo Sonam Tenphal, Speaker of Tibetan Parliament in Exile, and guest of honour Yeshi Wangmo, Chief Justice Commissioner of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission.

Among the other distinguished guests were Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang; Tibetan Justice Commissioners Dawa Phunkyi and Phagpa Tsering; Election Commissioner Lobsang Yeshi; Public Service Commissioner Karma Yeshi; Auditor General Tashi Topgyal; Secretaries of Central Tibetan Admini...