Top 4 Festivals To Enjoy In Tibet
Visitors to Tibet are greeted with both a very unique culture as well as a unique environment. This is a place where you will really feel as if you are in another planet. Here in this post we will talk about some of the top festivals to explore during your Tibet tours . Tibetan New Year (Losar) Tibetan New Year is by far the most important festival in Tibet. Like the Chinese New Year, it is an occasion for the family reunions and many prayer activities. Tibetan New Year is known as Losar (which means “new year”). Losar Festival starts from the first to third day of the first month of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar. The Festival start date is a day in either February or March in Gregorian Calendar (Tibetan Calendar is very similar to Chinese Calendar and the Chinese New Year and Tibetan New Year dates are quite near if not on the same day). Saga Dawa Festival Saga Dawa Festival falls on the 15th day of the fourth month of Tibetan Calendar. This day is ...