Happy Nepali New Year 2069
Dear friends, we wish you a really great, adventurous and happy New Year! Let’s make 2069 a year we’ll never forget! Maybe the turn around year for Nepal?
Mountain Consult Team
www.mountainconsult.com
Happy Lhosar 2012 (Tibetan New Year)
Happy Lhosar to everybody! Today a new Tibetan New Year has started in the Himalayas.
Lho in Tibetan language means ‘year’ and Sar means ‘new’. Lhosar, also known as Tibetan New Year is celebrated mainly by Tibetans for fifteen days. The main celebrations take place on the 1st 3 days. On the 1st day, a drink called changkol is made from chhang (similar to beer). The 2nd day of Lhosar is known as King’s Losar (gyalpo losar). Lhosar is traditionally preceded by the five day practice of Vajrakilaya. It often falls on the same day as the Chinese New Year (sometimes with one day or occasionally with one lunar month difference).
Lhosar is culturally more related to Tsagaan Sar in Mongolia than the Chinese New Year festival.
Although Lhosar is mainly celebrated by Tibetans worldwide, it is also celebrated by some Yolmo, Sherpa, Tamang, Bhutia communities, like in Nepal.
Lhosar celebrations predates Buddhism in Tibet and can be traced back to the pre-Buddhist Bön period. However, Losar later evolved into an annual Buddhist festival which is believed to have originated during the reign of Pude Gungyal, the ninth King of Tibet.
Merry Christmas & Happy, healthy, adventurous and inspiring New Year!
We all like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy, healthy, adventurous and inspiring New Year. We love to see you again in the Himalayas!
Administrator
Eveline Wessels
