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Losar (Tibetan: ལོ་གསར་, Wylie: lo-sar; "new year" [1]) also known as Tibetan New Year, is a festival in Tibetan Buddhism. [2] The holiday is celebrated on various dates depending on location ( Tibet , Bhutan , Nepal , India ) tradition.
Gyalpo Losar is celebrated for 2 weeks. The main celebrations take place during first three days. On the first day, a traditional beverage called Changkol, an equivalent of Chhaang is drunk. In the second day, which is the start of new year, Gyalpo Losar is celebrated. On the third day, people gather together to have a feast.
The festival have been adapted from the traditions and rituals of the Tibetan New Year, Losar. The festival is preceded by masked dance at the Phodong and Rumtek Monasteries in Sikkim. [4] Losoong is celebrated not only in India but also in Nepal and Bhutan.
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The Tibetan New Year celebration is Losar (Tibetan: ལོ་གསར་, Wylie: lo-gsar), which falls either in the months of February or March in the Gregorian calendar. During the Tibetan Empire period, the Tibetan calendar was a seasonally based calendar before the Buddha Shakyamuni 's Kalachakra calendar system, a blend of both the Indian ...