Losar-Tibetan New Year.

Losar is a Tibetan term referring “ New Year” and is the beginning of a new year and Nyi shu Gu is the last night of the current running year. Losar is the one of the most important or essential holidays for the Tibetan in year. Losar is celebrate by all the Tibetan from the all over the world and we celebrate Losar for 15 days with main three days celebration. The Tibetan calendar is made up of twelve lunar months and Losar begins on the first day of the first month. In the monasteries, the celebrations for the Losar begin on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth month. That is the day before the Tibetan New Year’s Eve. Losar is also a time for Tibetans to visit monasteries and make offerings. Losar is marked with activities that symbolize purification, and welcoming in the new. Buildings are whitewashed and thoroughly cleaned, people wear new clothes and special food is prepared. Buddhist monks adorn the monasteries with the finest decorations, and conduct religious ceremonies. Rituals are performed to drive away evil spirits, and people celebrate with feasts and dancing. Everyone is in his or her best dress and enjoying to the fullest. When we were kid, we were very much excited and would put all the new dresses under our pillow (Nyi Shu GU) and waiting for Losar. There was a feeling of joy, excitement and eagerness since we would receive lots of gifts, pocket money and eatables from our whole relatives. The night of Nyi Shu GU was really slow to roll away and it appeared as the longest night of the year as a kid. The joy is still rooted in deep though we are now old enough, still there is the same kind of excitement and happy feelings following within us when the Losar is falling on.