Happy Lo Sar!

By the way Seth, let me explain you here about the LOSAR what ever I could and knew my self.

LOSAR ( in Tibetan language LO means Year SAR means New). In Tibet Tibetans have been celebrate the LOSAR since so many ago this year is Tibetan ERA 2136 EARTH OX year.
There are twelve symbolic in LOKHOR CHU NYI. There is a mandala showing all the symbolic of every year in circle with serialy. Also let me write down here all the names, symbolic of every year.

1. CHEWA LO means MOUSE YEAR.
2. LAANG LO means OX YEAR.
3. TAAGH LO means TIGER YEAR.
4. YOE LO means RABIT YEAR.
5. DUGH LO means DRAGON YEAR.
6. DUL LO means SNAKE YEAR.
7. TAAH LO means HORSE YEAR.
8. LOOK LO means SHEEP YEAR.
9. TEL LO means MONKEY YEAR.
10. JHAH LO means BIRD YEAR.
11. KHYI LO means DOG YEAR.
12. FAAG LO means PIG YEAR.

The LOSAR is the biggest festival in Tibet for Tibetans of course there some other festivals also to celebrates more or less related with religious. So during the LOSAR the main celebration goes till 3rd of the month officialy. But most people celebrates bit longer than untill 6th of the month or some even does till 15th (full moon) of the month too.

So let me tell you what we do in LOSAR in first day of LOSAR we go to monastery to get blessings from the great Lamas Rinpoche in monastery with neat and clean in new clothes which is made to worn only in LOSAR also having put on with precious ornaments. Also we should go and visit to the relatives the elder ones to get blessings from them and saying TASHI DELEK for the happy new year. Especially the childrens are very happy and excited to have new clothes put on.
In that way the elders drinks chang ( Tibetan beer home made for LOSAR) delicious meals all day long by singing and dancing.

In the second day of LOSAR we change the flag in the roof of the house and put on new flag early in the morning according to the astrology's timing schedule given to change the flag of the house. During the period of changing the flag all the family members shoud be gathered together and offering pray in hope of a successful in the year.
In the third day of LOSAR all the Tibetans go to Boudha Nath to attent in SANG SOL infront of Boudha nath with offering new flags and butter lamps there will be a big assembly of Tibetans and many others too even many western peoples can be seen in the assembly taking pictures of LOSAR activities.

Now a day the LOSAR festival is also celebrated by Tamang, Gurung in Nepal with their own traditional ways. Before they used to celebrate Dashain and Teehar only. Now they quit to celebrate Dashain and Teehar because during the Dashain festival celebration they sacrifices so many innocent animals in the name of God. Which they don't like to do any more they realized it is a big sin they have been doing in the past early years which now they hate to do so. Now the government also agreed to give one day holiday during the LOSAR and it is officialy respected to be as national holiday.

Seth, that's all I know about the LOSAR.