Tibetan Losar Eve (February 4th 6pm-7:30pm).

Losar is one of the most important celebrations of the Tibetan New Year where we send off all the negativity from the previous year and welcome the positive possibilities of what is to come in the new year.

Losar literally means ‘New Year’. The Losar festival in Tibet is the biggest event of the year. Traditionally families gather together, traveling back to their homeland from all across Tibet during this time. In 2019, the Tibetan New Year falls on the 5th of February and is marked with preparation and performing of the Gu Tor ritual, which takes place on the 4th. ‘Gu Tor’ literally means ‘offering of the 29th’ and is held on the 29th day of the 12th month of the Tibetan calendar.

      On the 29th families spend the day, similarly to the western idea of spring cleaning, cleaning the inside of the house, making repairs and adding new coats of paint, both inside and out. However, on that day Tibetans also cleanse and cast out all the negativities, including evil spirits and misfortunes of the previous year by performing the Gu Tor ritual. The ritual offers a ransom to the Lu spirits to carry away the negatives from the past year. It centers on purification of the past and preparation for welcoming the new positive possibilities in the coming year in a peaceful and auspicious way.

     Please join us in celebrating Losar, the joyous Tibetan New Year, and take part in observing the Gu Tor ritual purification performed by Rinpoche and resident monks.

    Our local some Tibetan Bonpos will prepare authentic cuisine including Guthuk, a noodles soup traditionally eaten by Tibetans as part of the New Year celebration prior to Losar. It is a variation on Thukpa Bhakthuk.

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