When is tibetan losar 2011

This was despite intense security in the area, where at least 10 Tibetans were shot dead during a protest in March, , near the major monastery of Kirti. The authorities have sought to encourage this and to discourage spontaneous gatherings of Tibetans to celebrate the Tibetan New Year, Losar, particularly following the unrest from March, In , some local authorities, including in Ngaba, sought to prevent any unsanctioned celebrations of Losar by ordering that Tibetan New Year celebrations should be brought forward by one month to coincide with Chinese New Year.

But there is evidence that in some parts of the Tibetan area of Amdo, Tibetans have begun to celebrate Losar again with more vigor, for instance in Chentsa Chinese: Jianzha county, Mahlo TAP, Qinghai province, an area where Tibetans have a strong sense of cultural identity, and where Chinese New Year celebrations were not taken as seriously as Losar this year. There were fireworks on the hilltops and in the town streets, and lamp-lit gatherings of people, as if to demonstrate that today is the [real] Tibetan New Year, which seems to suggest that the earlier celebration of the New Year a month before had not been voluntary.

This is because it represents a unique connection to unity between Tibetans in different areas of Tibet. The celebrations are not always in traditional style, but they are strongly Tibetan, for instance they are gathering friends together, wearing their best clothes, visiting local monasteries and burning incense. Losar is a five-day festival marking the new year in the Tibetan calendar during which Tibetan families come together to reflect and celebrate the past year as well as look forward to the coming year.

Since , Tibetans have chosen to express their feelings through the way in which they commemorate Losar. In , a movement within Tibet to abstain from celebrating the new year as a gesture of mourning for those who lost their lives became an unprecedented and highly significant statement, akin to people in the United States deciding to forego Thanksgiving, or to the people of China choosing not to mark the Spring Festival.

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About Tibeten New Year. Tibetan Songs. Tibetan dancers celebrate the upcoming Losar in Beijing on Feb 26, Photo Gallery. Jubilant Tibetans embrace New Year. The other basics of the year are its srog , or vitality wood ; the dbang-thang , or destiny iron ; the rlung-ta , or luck fire , and the khyams-nyid , or actual luck fire. Our magic numbers are skye-me , or natal, as White 1 upper metreng ; srog-sme , or vitality , as Green 4 middle metreng ; dbang-sme , or destiny , as Red 7 lower metreng.

If Rabbit ladies wish to get married this year, they should do so in the Monkey month. Rabbit grooms should not permit Dragon bridesmaids at the wedding. This is traditionally considered a superb year to have children. Because I favor elemental astrology , it is difficult for me to make general predictions about how the various " animals " will fare in this Year of the Iron Rabbit.

Anyone who tells you they can is deceiving you. For example: there is a traditional notion that the Rabbit , Rat, Rooster , and Dragon may experience challenges this year. You will see statements like this everywhere, but you cannot always accept them as valid. There are twelve animals and five elements , for a total of sixty possibilities. Each of these sixty possibilities must be evaluated in terms of five elements , for a total of possibilities.

Each of these possibilities has five possibilities, for a total of 1, possibilities. Therefore, anybody who says, "Oh, the Dragon will be lucky this year," is engaging in crass generalization. What they should be saying is "Oh, the Fire Dragon exhibits the following five relationships in this, the year of the Iron Rabbit. Somebody has actually worked all of the finer details out for , and posted it online, so you can pick your birth year and then see how it relates to the Iron Rabbit in each of five areas.

I haven't checked it for accuracy yet, but give it a shot if you like that sort of thing. Nevertheless, instead of relying on that overmuch, I would counsel you to take your clue from the energies of as set forth herein. Please take note that as a general rule , astrological indications are rendered highly flexible by Dharma practice. So, what is the conventional wisdom about the Rabbit? Well, you would never want a better friend , nor could you ever find a better candidate for successfully managing delicate tasks.

Indeed, Rabbits personify what we might consider all positive qualities. Very good company, yes? The folk astrology of Tibet indicates that Rabbits in general are warm-hearted, affectionate, kind, extremely intelligent , and can get along with just about anyone. On the negative side, they can be lazy, with a tendency toward sentimentality, and superficiality. Their ideal careers are found in law, diplomacy, and politics , or in the arts as actors or dancers.

In business, they are suited to accounting. In ancient times when the peach tree was in blossom, it was considered as the starting of a new year. New Year acitivities Specially made offerings are presented at family shrines; doors are painted with religious symbols; residences are cleaned and milk curd is mixed with barley flour to make curd-pastries.

Large Medium Small. Tibetan New Year prep. Education Children of farmers to enjoy free education Starting on Jan 1, , children of farmers and herdsmen in Tibet began enjoying the "three guarantees" policy, a preferential policy the central government has granted to Tibet. About Tibeten New Year. Tibetan Songs. Tibetan dancers celebrate the upcoming Losar in Beijing on Feb 26, Photo Gallery.

Jubilant Tibetans embrace New Year. Special market opened.