Tibetan New Year Festival
Tibetan New Year is the most important festival in Tibet. Different areas have different ways to celebrate, with the representative office in Lhasa.
Before the Tibetan New Year, every family a “qiema” (a grain of wood), expressed a desire, a good harvest and Auspiciousness next year. Always Allow “Kasai (deep-fried twisted dough sticks) in their various forms, the appearance and taste crispy and golden brown luoguo (a type of food from butter in the form of sheep head), which means the flowering of the animals home and life in abundance. They offer fresh and dried fruit, butter and tea bricks of the Buddhas.

The 28th to 29 December, according to the Tibetan calendar, all the families and their own houses to eight colors favorable “in the middle of the kitchen wall. Before dinner, 29 December, that the lime in powder form in front of their houses to make drawings Auspiciousness. The New Year’s Eve, all members of the family to a hearty dinner. They eat “Gutu” of beef and mutton, flour and sugar beets worldwide. The interesting thing is some of the stones, coins, salt, pepper, coal and wool synthesis in the flour dough. When the man, they must be very careful to see what is in their next title in the diet. The laughter fills the room at this time. After dinner there is a ceremony to chase the ghosts. new-year

On the first day of the new year, Tibetans in the past risen rapidly. Some even have the whole night. But they could not leave so quickly. The first program is for them, “Encoding of water.” After customs, you will get the first barrels of water per day is the lucky one years break. Only when the star of the morning up and someone yells “Lajieluo (God wins!)” You can use the Tibetans. Another important step in the morning to the Jokhang Monastery offer victims Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. On this day, people should wear clothes, the finest and most precious jewels.

People do not visit on the first day of the year. On the next day to visit the family and friends, who run three to five days. In the 3rd Date of 1st Tibetan months, with the victims of the “roof of God.” They assembled on the roof of his house and hang the new sutra streamer. Then burn cypress branches and Zambia to shoot into the air. People in Lhasa groups Baoping (favorite bottle) in the mountains to the east and Chakpori (King of Medicine) in the mountains in the west floor and floor in the letter sutra banner hanging worship the gods of mountains and water. 4. Day, the Tibetans their more religious festivals – Major indicator of the ceremony, which is on 15 Date of 1st Tibetan months. On 5 Day, the farmers in the vicinity of Lhasa, have great ceremonies to agriculture.

According to tradition, the celebration of the Tibetan New Year activities for a period of 15 days

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