Ladakh's Losar festival in the IGRMS

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya

organized the

Losar

Festival at the Himalaya Village open air exhibition area of Museum. For this festival, 20 traditional artists came in

museum

under the leadership of

Sonam Supari

from

ladakh

.

The programme coordinator, Shrikant Gupta told that, Losar festival, which has its origin in the 15th century, celebrates the Ladakhi or Tibetan New Year. It is regarded as the most important socio-religious event of Ladakh. Watching this beautiful festival is a life-time experience and it is something to look forward to. However, this festival is a 04 days of fun and laughter that is usually celebrated between the months of January to March. The history of Losar dates back to the pre-Buddhist era in Tibet when a hefty amount of incense was offered to the deity. Today, during the festive month, the houses are cleaned; streets washed down and surrounding grasses are mowed to eradicate the evil omens. There are beautiful and bright colourful flags decorate everywhere and Lama-Losar offerings are made.