Losar Festival

Introduction

The Losar Festival also called as the New Year Festival and is the most important festivals celebrated in Tawang Arunachal Pradesh.

Losar is celebrated by the Monpas who forms the major portion of population in Tawang Arunachal Pradesh.

This part of population commemorates the advent of the New Year, for about 8 to 15 days. Festival of Losar is the time when the Monpas enjoy the time with high festive spirit and prepares for merry making and feasting together with friends and relatives.

People at Tawang do lots of preparations for this most awaited festival, Monpas used to clean their houses and discard all old and unused items to ward off all evil things from life and escort well ness and prosperity of the family.

Time to celebrate:

The festival of Losar falls in the end of February or early March and is celebrated for 8 - 15 days. In 2010, the Losar Festival is on Feb 14, 2010.