Posted by: JPEG June 17, 2009
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Gurung_Tamang_Sherpa ni Beauties at Losar.
Nepal has diversity in its culture with many ethnic groups. Different community has different own moral language, traditions and festival. Among those Loshar festival is one of the great festival of Himalayan community. It is the New Year of Buddhist ethnic groups of Nepal and celebrated at the time of the new moon in February. This year Losar Buddhist ethnic group celebrated their New Year-2136. Losar means New Year, ‘Lo ‘refers Year and ‘ Sar’ refers the New. According to the Buddhist calendar this year ‘Sa Mo Lang Lo’ means this year is the year of cow.
Losar 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 cousin of beer). The second day of Losar is known as King's Losar (gyalpo losar). Losar is traditionally preceded by the five day practice of Vajrakilaya. Although it often falls on the same day as the Chinese New Year (sometimes with one day or occasionally with one lunar month difference), it is generally not thought to be culturally directly connected to that holiday. It is culturally more related to Tsagaan Sar in Mongolia than to the Chinese New Year festivity.
The Nepalese New Year, referred to as either Losar or Lhochaar, is celebrated by the Sherpa, Gurung, Tamang, Sherpa and Yolmo communities, who usually count their age by calculating Lho.
According to Gurung calendar, Poush 15 (December 30) marks the beginning of another year. The Gurung people celebrate this important festival as Tola Lhochhar on the 12 month of the English calendar every year by taking blessings from respected elders and exchanging greetings among family members and friends. Scientific evidences have shown that the every year the longest as well as the coldest night falls on December 22. The Gurung community, however, believes December 30 to be the day, and by tradition, mark the day as the beginning of the New Year. Other three communities in Nepal usually celebrate Losar at the last week of January and first week of February based on the new moon of the first lunar month (in the Tibetan Buddhist Calendar).
Points to be taken.
There seems to have some misunderstanding among many Nepalese, including the media that Sherpas follow the Chinese calendar. This is not true. Sherpas do follow a lunar calendar, but it is based on the Tibetan calendar, not Chinese.
Also, most of the papers always spell out Lhosar. The correct spelling is Losar. It is a Tibetan word meaning new year. "Lo" means Year and "Sar" means New. While "Lho" means South.
Nepal has diversity in its culture with many ethnic groups. Different community has different own moral language, traditions and festival. Among those Loshar festival is one of the great festival of Himalayan community. It is the New Year of Buddhist ethnic groups of Nepal and celebrated at the time of the new moon in February. This year Losar Buddhist ethnic group celebrated their New Year-2136. Losar means New Year, ‘Lo ‘refers Year and ‘ Sar’ refers the New. According to the Buddhist calendar this year ‘Sa Mo Lang Lo’ means this year is the year of cow.
Losar 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 cousin of beer). The second day of Losar is known as King's Losar (gyalpo losar). Losar is traditionally preceded by the five day practice of Vajrakilaya. Although it often falls on the same day as the Chinese New Year (sometimes with one day or occasionally with one lunar month difference), it is generally not thought to be culturally directly connected to that holiday. It is culturally more related to Tsagaan Sar in Mongolia than to the Chinese New Year festivity.
The Nepalese New Year, referred to as either Losar or Lhochaar, is celebrated by the Sherpa, Gurung, Tamang, Sherpa and Yolmo communities, who usually count their age by calculating Lho.
According to Gurung calendar, Poush 15 (December 30) marks the beginning of another year. The Gurung people celebrate this important festival as Tola Lhochhar on the 12 month of the English calendar every year by taking blessings from respected elders and exchanging greetings among family members and friends. Scientific evidences have shown that the every year the longest as well as the coldest night falls on December 22. The Gurung community, however, believes December 30 to be the day, and by tradition, mark the day as the beginning of the New Year. Other three communities in Nepal usually celebrate Losar at the last week of January and first week of February based on the new moon of the first lunar month (in the Tibetan Buddhist Calendar).
Points to be taken.
There seems to have some misunderstanding among many Nepalese, including the media that Sherpas follow the Chinese calendar. This is not true. Sherpas do follow a lunar calendar, but it is based on the Tibetan calendar, not Chinese.
Also, most of the papers always spell out Lhosar. The correct spelling is Losar. It is a Tibetan word meaning new year. "Lo" means Year and "Sar" means New. While "Lho" means South.