Gyalpo Lhosar
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Gyalpo Losar is a new year festival of Sherpa people of Nepal, Sikkim and Darjeeling. The festival is celebrated every year from Falgun Shukla Pratipada, the second day of the waxing moon until the full moon.[1]
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Quick Facts Gyalpo Losar རྒྱལ་པོ་ལོ་གསར།, Frequency ...
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Frequency | Annually |
Country | Mainly Nepal, significant Nepali people of India |
People | Sherpa |
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Gyalpo Losar is also regarded as a Tibetan New Year. The calendar has a cycle of 12 years named after mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, bird, dog and boar.[2]