By Alison Hendry | Program Officer
This month the students are participating in Losar festivities. Losar (Lo ,meaning year and sar meaning new) will begin on February 19, 2015. This day will not only begin the Tibetan lunar new year, but will initiate the Year of the Wood Sheep. (People born in 1955 or 2015 are Wood Sheep.) There will be two weeks of special rituals and ceremonies marking the beginning of the New Year. In the Bon tradition, the first month of the Tibetan year is considered a holy month and is called Bum-Gyur Da-Wa. During this holy month (in 2015 : February 19 to March 20), all prayers and practices are multiplied 100,000 times.
From the students at the Bon Children’s Welfare Center, we wish you Happy Losar and Tibetan New Year!
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