Tibetan New Year

Tibetan New Year (Losar) • Losar Date: 1st - 3rd of the first lunar month (Tibetan Calendar) • Losar Festival Date 2013 (Tibetan New Year 2013 Date): Feb 11, 2013 on solar calendar • Losar is considered to be the most significant festival of the Buddhist community in Tibet. The festival marks the Tibetan New Year and is celebrated with great splendour and grandeur. The word Losar has been derived from two Tibetan words, ‘lo' meaning ‘year' and ‘sar' meaning ‘new' The most important festival in Tibet Butter Lamp Festival (Losar Lantern Festival) • Mark the close of the Tibetan New Year festivities. • Tibetans go to temples to burn incense and worship Buddha in the day and migrate to a lantern show in the evening. • Tibetans use ghee to make works of art known as "butter flowers" which take the shape of Buddha figures, landscapes, pavilions, birds, beasts, flowers, trees, etc This is a link to a page that will teach you how to cook Khapse the traditional 'new year cookies' and is a great site for all things Tibetan

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