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Losar (Tibetan: ལོ་གསར་, Wylie: lo-gsar; "new year" ) also known as Tibetan New Year, is a festival in Tibetan Buddhism. The holiday is celebrated on various dates depending on location (Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India) tradition. The holiday is a new year's festival, celebrated on the first day of the lunisolar Tibetan … See more
Losar predates the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet and has its roots in a winter incense-burning custom of the Bon religion. During the reign of the ninth Tibetan king, Pude Gungyal (317-398), it is said that this custom merged with a See more
The Tibetan calendar is a lunisolar calendar. Losar is celebrated on the first through third days of the first lunar month.
* Note: Rabjung (Wylie: rab byung) is the name of the 60-year … See moreLosar is celebrated for 15 days, with the main celebrations on the first three days. On the first day of Losar, a beverage called changkol is made from chhaang (a Tibetan-Nepali cousin of beer). The second day of Losar is known as King's Losar (gyalpo losar). … See more
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