Featuring colourful rituals, masks and dances, the photo opportunities of the festival are wide and varied, you can capture the elaborate demonic and animalistic faces masks, traditional costumes, musical instruments and theatrical dances - or simply turn your attention to the glass-like expanse of Tso-Moriri and the snow-capped peaks that hug the shore.
![](/Portals/World Expeditions/LiveBlog/WP-Images/Korzok-200px.jpg) For a unique look into the remote cultures of the Himalaya, take time out to experience the Korzok Gustor Festival, a colourful two‑day spectacle, attended by the Changpa herdsmen, the locals and their families. Set in the tiny hamlet of Korzok in Ladakh, this photogenic annual festival centres around the triumph of good over evil, and finishes with a dismemberment of the “Storma” (sacrificial cake) and celebration over the assassination of an apostate Tibetan King from the 9th century. Featuring colourful rituals, masks and dances, the photo opportunities of the festival are wide and varied, you can capture the elaborate demonic and animalistic faces masks, traditional costumes, musical instruments and theatrical dances - or simply turn your attention to the glass-like expanse of Tso-Moriri and the snow-capped peaks that hug the shore.