Losar eCard

"This Losar will begin the 23rd year of the 17th rabjung. Some have developed the custom to number the year from the first year in the reign of the first Tibetan Emperor Nyatritsenpo. They would call it the year 2136.[...] consider this to be my Losar eCard to you this year. We'll just leave it without any labels, or call it Tea-Coloured Light. Let's say its rays symbolize hope in all its audacity."

http://tibeto-logic.blogspot.com/2009/01/losar-ecard.html

Losar: Tibetan New Year

"Losar is the Tibetan New Year, a three-day festival that mixes sacred and secular practices -- prayers, ceremonies, hanging prayer flags, sacred and folk dancing, partying."


http://buddhism.about.com/od/buddhistholidays/tp/losarholiday.htm

"Day 1: Lama Losar

The devout Tibetan Buddhist begins the new year by honoring his or her dharma teacher. Guru and disciple greet each other with wishes of peace and progress."

"Day 2: Gyalpo Losa

The second day of Losar, called Gyalpo or "King's" Losar, is for honoring community and national leaders. Long ago it was a day for kings to hand out gifts at public festivals."

"Day 3: Choe-kyong Losar

On this day, laypeople make special offerings to the dharma protectors. They raise prayer flags from hills, mountains and rooftops and burn juniper leaves and incense as offerings."

Losar: Tibetan Bloggers discuss Tibetan New Year

 Tibetan Bloggers discuss Tibetan New Year

"A blog by Lamlak (lam lags) reports that the County government is forcing Ngaba Monastery to change the dates of new year and winter religious ceremonies to coincide with the Chinese New Year - this year, the two new years are a month apart. On Tibetan blogs, there has been much discussion about this year's Tibetan New Year, Losar (lo gsar). A blogger called A thub (a thub) confirms what Lamlak has written. A thub says that everyone is being forced to celebrate Chinese New Year, not just in the monastery but the ordinary villagers in Ngaba are also being told the same."

http://www.highpeakspureearth.com/2009/01/tibetan-bloggers-discuss-tibetan-new.html


Taking Back Our Losar, 2009‏

"So how do we resist genocide? How do we resist the denial of our humanity? One way is to be happy. To be happy is to be human. Happiness is a force that buckles the steely reins of dictators and seeps effortlessly through the shackles and cloaks of oppression. It is a light that dims but never withers, a song that gathers spirits and resonates through the roof for the whole world to hear. It is a burst of colours, of the so many things that make us who we are."

http://tibettalk.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/taking-back-our-losar-2009%E2%80%8F/