Tag: Traditional Tibetan new year

Celebrate Tibetan new year, or Losar, is the most important festivel in Tibet. People in different part of Tibet have their own way to celebrate with families and friends Different areas have different ways to celebrate Losar, with Lhasa the most representative.   What's Losar festivel in Tibet? Tibetan New Year is the richest and most distinctive festival in Tibet Plateau. The New Year celebrations, which was celebrated for harvest originally in ancient time. During the new year, various recreational and sports activities, especially skill competitions, will be held throughout Tibet. Tibetan new year depending on Buddhist calendars, it changes each year, as the Buddhist calendar traditionally has 12 or 13 months in the year, depending on the number of lunar cycles. The 13th month is traditionally added every 2-3 years, to allow the Tibetan calendar to catch up with the standard solar year. Preparation for new year on the roof of world Accroding to traditional habit, Tibetans start preparing for Losar as long as two weeks before the actual celebrations, however most of the preparations happen in the last two days before the new year. These days are called as “Gutor”. During the time, housewives clean the house from top to bottom, to any corner in the house. Than they begin to prepare the food that will be eaten during Losar. On the second day of Gutor,for prepare for the coming New Year, Tibetans lighting torches made of straw, tsampa, and firecrackers, which are then lit to get rid of the evil spirits of the previous year from their homes. As well as removed old items, and broken crockery from the house, and burn it in a crossroads, for get rid of any evil spirits and ghosts that may be lingering in the broken items, using the torches. New