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.

Letter from Tsering on the recent election

First of all I would like to congratulate to Mr. Barack Obama that he won the historical presidential election which was highly appreciated and most warm welcomed from many countries of the world and their peoples; they all love him and I also pray for him a successful leadership in the country and his health.

Secondly I would like to congratulates to every and each American peoples that they have elected the right person for president of their great country with a election of fair and clean transparently democratic system.

Here in Nepal we love him too and pray for Obama a successful leadership and prosperity and peace of the country. To be honest here in Nepal we love him because he is a peace lover and he really wants to work hard to keep peace and to develop higher economic standards and better life for human being in every country in this beautiful world. That's why we in Nepal are happy for Barack Obama's victory.

Article on Obama victory

http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/nov/nov06/news02.php


Obama’s win is a matter of joy for underprivileged around the world: Foreign Minister Yadav

Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav has said that election of an African American person as the president of the United States has given a strong message of change across the world.


“The government of Nepal wishes to congratulate Barack Obama,” he said, adding that his election also marked much more to underprivileged people around the world.

“For all the underprivileged people and the people suffering from various discriminations across the world, this is a matter of joy,” he said.

The foreign minister, however, said that he does not expect any change in America’s foreign policy vis-à-vis Nepal with the change in administration there.

Meanwhile, president Dr. Rambaran Yadav and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ also congratulated the election of Obama. nepalnews.com sd Nov 06 08

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Welcome!

This blog is run by the people who bring you Sunrise Pashmina (www.sunrise-pashmina.com). Our primary project is the promotion of independent backpacker tourism as a vehicle for benign development; our original purpose in getting involved with Tsering Choekyap back in 1999 was to small craftspeople and entrepreneurs in the Freak Street area of Kathmandu, the traditional gateway to mountain treks.

We hope this blog will become a sort of bulletin board for people to share news, projects, and personal perspectives on Nepal.

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