Tibetan New Year
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Post Losar, 17 Tibetan Households Tested COVID-19 Positive in Belgium
There has been a case of at least 17 Tibetan households having been tested positive to COVID-19 in Belgium recently. The report by Tibet Times say that in the past two weeks, at least 17 Tibetan households have COVID-19 cases among the Tibetan community in Belgium. Tibetan new year or Losar was observed two weeks…
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Himachal Pradesh Governor Greets Tibetans on Their New Year
The Himachal Pradesh governor has extended his greetings to the Tibetan people on the occasion of Tibetan New Year, popularly known as the Losar in Tibetan language. The governor of the North Indian state conveyed his new year’s greeting message through an official letter which was published by the official website of Central Tibetan Administration…
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Tibetan New Year Celebrations Restricted by Chinese Police
The past week began with the mark of the Tibetan New Year, popularly known as LOSAR as per the lunar calendar. However, as indications were clear before the onset of the losar celebrations in Tibet, Chinese police forces filled the streets of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, forbidding Tibetans from taking part in traditional ways…
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From Dalai Lama to Himachal CM Greet on Tibetan New Year
As the Tibetan New Year or more popularly known as the LOSAR in Tibetan approaches, greetings from important personalities start pouring in on the internet. From the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Jai Ram Thakur, new year greetings messages are going viral on the social…
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A Challenging Year of the Dog That Just Left us to Think Deeper
As the year of the Earth Dog comes to an end and the year of the Earth Pig ushers in, I can’t wait to wish my fellow Tibetans especially the ones inside Tibet a very happy losar. Although my only cynical displeasure is that this year Tibetan New Year falls on the same day as…
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Despite Heavy Quake, Tibetans Celebrate New Year
Despite a heavy earth quake jolted parts of Tibet, Tibetans celebrate New Year on Sunday according to a report in the Xinhua news. Just before the onset of dawn on Saturday, a heavy earth quake with a measure of 6.9 magnitude on the Ritcher Scale in the eastern part of Tibet, the locals resumed with…