Epi 96: Losar festival – Where Tibetans meet their New Year

Full Episode description

Three days of festivities surround the lives of thousands of the Tibetan diaspora, as they welcome their new year – Losar. About the time when the winter chills dissipate and fresh harvest yields fill their granaries, the Tibetans (much like their Venetian friends) don masks and dance to ring in their new year.

In this episode, Puranjoy Bhattacharya, a student at the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, shares his first-hand experiences of what it is like for an outsider to witness some of these gorgeous performances. 

Puranjoy, who is a native of Assam, shares how different these cultures are, even though he himself has lived within the North Eastern belt all his life. 

What do you a call yak who is full of himself?
Why don't you find many Tibetans living in lower altitudes?
Listen to the full episode to find answers to these and more.

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