At least 4,200 buffaloes and thousands of goats and pigeons were killed during a mass sacrifice held as part of the Gadhimai festival, in Bariyarpur village near the Nepal- India border ...

Losar (ལོ་གསར་ or “new year”) is the most important celebration in the Tibetan calendar, which consists of twelve lunar months. It is celebrated across the Tibetan Plateau, as well as in the Himalayan ...

The main festival is celebrated in the first ... the word for new. Losar is celebrated in Nepal mostly by the Sherpa, Tibetan, Tamang, Bhutia and Yolmo people. According to ancient lore, Losar ...

Monks watch a traditional dance performance by fellow monks during Gyalpo Losar, the Sherpa community's New Year celebration, at Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

The Losar festival, celebrated by several Tibetan and ... including Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and parts of Mongolia. Trump's criticism of South Africa's violent crime crisis receives unexpected ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s monthslong festival season began on Tuesday with tens of thousands of devotees pulling a wooden chariot with a young girl revered as a living goddess.

During the event, Minister Kirati highlighted that the Lhosar festival isn't just a New Year ... "Sherpas are the pride of Nepal and the flower of the mountains." Addressing the gathering, the ...

The Losar festival represents one of the most important ... region which stretches across different countries such as India Nepal Bhutan China Pakistan Afghanistan and others.

Nepal's festival season commenced with thousands pulling a chariot carrying a living goddess. Families feaster and honored the dead. Nepal’s monthslong festival season began on Tuesday with tens ...