Losar
Losar (Tibetan: ལོ་གསར་, Wylie: lo-gsar; "new year"[1]) also known as Tibetan New Year, is a festival in Tibetan Buddhism.[2] The holiday is celebrated on various dates depending on location (Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India) tradition.[3][4] The holiday is a new year's festival, celebrated on the first day of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar, which corresponds to a date in February or March in the Gregorian calendar.[1] In 2020, the new year commenced on the 24th of February and celebrations ran until the 26th of the same month. It also commenced the Year of the Male Iron Rat.[5]
| Losar | |
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| Also called | Tibetan New Year Losar |
| Observed by | Tibetans, Bhutanese, Nepalese, Monpa |
| Type | Tibetan culture, Tibetan Buddhist, New year |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Related to | Galdan Namchot, Losoong, Gyalpo Lhosar, Tamu Lhosar, Sonam Lhosar, other lunisolar new year festivals in Asia |
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The variation of the festival in Nepal is called Lhochhar and is observed about eight weeks earlier than the Tibetan Losar.[6]