Lhosar is the traditional New Year Day of the Tamang, Sherpa and the Gurung community living in the hills and the mountains. 'Lho' means new and Sar' means year in the Tibetan language. There are actually three different Lhosars being observed in Nepal by different communities of the mountainous regions. However, the Tamangs and Sherpas celebrate the festival in entirely different manner than the Gurungs. The former two communities observe the festival according to the Tibetan calendar where as the Gurung festival falls on the 15th day of Poush.The Tamu or Gurung Lhosar falls on around January, the Sonam Lhosar falls near February while the Gyalpo Lhosar of the Sherpas falls around the start of March. Despite the variation of date, one thing is however similar and that is all the communities celebrate the festival enthusiastically by feasting, singing and dancing.
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