Nepal, 15 Poush(30 December): The Gurung community celebrates Poush 15 every year along with Tamu Lhosar as the New Year. According to the leaders of the Gurung community, the Gurung community also celebrates Tamu Lhosar and the New Year as a festival of collectively tasting the new grains produced.
The different dates and dates do not affect this new year. Hari Gurung, a leader of the Gurung community, said that it is customary to celebrate the new year on every Poush 15. According to him, even the names of the years are separated by the names of animals.
He said that the Gurung community has been welcoming the Year of the Snake (Serpent) since today, Poush 15. Saying goodbye to the Year of the Eagle, the Tamu Gurung community, from teenagers to children and the elderly, is celebrating this festival with joy. Tamu Lhosar is celebrated by organizing various programs in the places where the Gurung community resides.
Pokhara Ramghat Gumba- Tamu Lhosar
Gyalbo Lhosar and Sonam Lhosar are also celebrated in Nepal. Every year, Sonam Lhosar is celebrated on the first day of Magh Shukla Pratipada. The Tamang community and the Sherpa caste have a tradition of celebrating Gyalbo Lhosar. These castes divide Lhosar into 12 categories, including rat, cow, tiger, cat, dragon (cloud), snake, horse, sheep, monkey, bird, dog, and pig. Researchers say that since all 12 years of Lhosar are counted by the names of animals, it is a nature worshiper.
This festival is considered a symbol of economic progress and progress in the fields of tradition, religion, and culture of the Tamu castes. The great festival Tamu Lhosar, known by the names of the twelve animals, is celebrated in various ways, including Chu Lho, Lwon Lho, To Lho, Hyi Lho, Mupri Lho, Sapri Lho, Ta Lho, Lhu Lho, Pra Lho, Chya Lho, Khi Lho, and Pho Lho.
काठमाडौँ, १५ पुसः तमु ल्होसारको अवसरमा आज काठमाडौँमा आयोजित र्यालीमा सांस्कृतिक पहिचान झल्कने जातीय वेशभूषा, गरगहनामा नृत्य गर्दै गुरूङ समुदाय । तमु ल्होसार गुरुङ समुदाय मुख्य चाडको रुपमा मनाउने गर्दछन् । तस्बिरः रत्न श्रेष्ठ÷रासस Gurung community members dance in ethnic costumes and ornaments reflecting their cultural identity during a rally held in Kathmandu today on the occasion of Tamu Lhosar. Tamu Lhosar is celebrated as the main festival by the Gurung community. Photo: Ratna Shrestha/RSS
Lhosar has been considered as the main festival of the Tamu people since ancient times, which has been continuing the biological, social, cultural and traditional traditions of the Tamu people. Previously, the Lhosar festival of the Tamu people was based on the sun since the primitive communistic matrilineal era, and it is said that the guru of the Tamu people determined in ancient times that the time changes every six months on Pus 15 and Asar 15, as the earth revolves around the sun and when the sun approaches the north pole of the earth and when it approaches the south pole. It is also customary to bid farewell to the past Lho on Pus 14 and welcome the arrival of the new Lho on Pus 15 and exchange good wishes by applying white tika on the forehead.
According to the leaders of the community, the Tamu people have determined their Lhosar festival based on the 15th of Poush according to natural and traditional customs. In the Tamu language, Barga means year. In the common language of the Tamu people, Lho means Barga and Sar means new, and it is said that every 15th of Poush is celebrated as a new Lhosar. The Tamu people have a tradition that one Lho is completed in a year. Every 12-12 years, a Lho comes and it takes one Barga to change that Lho. That is called Lhokor in the Tamu language.
On the occasion of Tamu Lhosar celebrated by the Gurung community, children’s dance competitions, sports competitions and other programs are going to be held in Ilam. Hari Gurung of the organizing committee informed that the program will be held at the under-construction Nhupi Choling Gumba in Ilam Municipality-6. The Ilam Gurung community is going to display food dishes on the occasion of Lhosar on Poush 14 and 15.
काठमाडौँ, १५ पुसः तमु ल्होसारको अवसरमा आज काठमाडौँमा आयोजित र्यालीमा सांस्कृतिक पहिचान झल्कने जातीय वेशभूषा, गरगहना, रैथाने बाजासहित सहभागी हुँदै गुरूङ समुदाय । तमु ल्होसार गुरुङ समुदाय मुख्य चाडको रुपमा मनाउने गर्दछन् । तस्बिरः रत्न श्रेष्ठ÷रासस Members of the Gurung community, wearing ethnic costumes, jewelry, and traditional musical instruments that reflect their cultural identity, participated in a rally in Kathmandu today on the occasion of Tamu Lhosar. Tamu Lhosar is celebrated as the main festival by the Gurung community. Photo: Ratna Shrestha/RSS
It is said that it is a tradition to taste dishes such as lamb meat, dhindo, narepa (local alcohol) to their community and guests. Along with dishes made from newly produced grains, products produced by the community are also tasted. Similarly, a Lhosar open poetry recitation competition has been held at Ilam Tea Bari on Poush 14. In addition, a chhelo throwing competition has been held at Ghaletar Madan in Ilam-15 itself.
The main organizing committee chairperson, Pavimaya Gurung, informed that a prayer session by lama gurus and a dance competition for children will be held at the monastery on Poush 15. The Gurung community has been organizing a program of feeding food collectively after harvesting since ancient times, said Umesh Gurung, secretary of the committee that will host Gurung dishes. It is said that the community has been celebrating the Lhosar festival on Poush 15.
