This is the second of a two-part series on Tibetan New Year food traditions. In part one, we explored the traditions of the days leading up to Losar, including the preparation of Losar cookies (khapsay), the Eve of Losar Eve’s soup (guthuk), and the chemar bo. In part two we will look at the Losar holidays [...]
Your Insider’s Guide to Losar Eating — Part 1
February 12, 2012 By 6 Comments
In this two-part series, we’ll focus on Tibetan New Year holiday food traditions. At Tibetan New Year — Losar — which usually falls sometime during February or March, a typical central Tibetan family in the countryside will take a 5-day holiday to pray, sing, dance, drink a fair amount of chang, (a kind of beer [...]
Open your Generous Heart — Create a Losar Shrine
February 5, 2012 By 6 Comments
As you probably know, the Tibetan New Year — Losar — is coming up. On February 22, 2012 Tibetans will celebrate the start of the year 2139, a male water dragon year in the Tibetan calendar. Last week, a reader posted on our Tibetan Culture Facebook page that she’d love to learn how to set [...]
