Different types of cultural festivals are celebrated in Nepal. Sonam Lhosar is the most important and largest festival of the Tamang ethnic group in Nepal. Where Tamu belongs to the Lhosar Gurung community and Gyalpo belongs to the Lhosar Sherpa community. There are three different types of Lhosar, namely, Tamu Lhosar, Sonam Lhosar, and Gyalpo Lhosar, and each Lhosar is held on a different date each year. Sonam Losar The Tamang community living in all corners of Nepal celebrates with every Tamang people in the world. Tamang ethnic groups often; These districts are: Kavrepalanchowk, Rasuwa, Sidhupalchowk, Dhading, Gorkha, Nuwakot, Sindhuli, Ramechhap, Makwanpur, Dolakha and Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Pokhara.However, they are now in Nepal and many countries around the world. Some of them have migrated to eastern India, especially to Darjeeling, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland and Guwahati, to Bhutan and Burma.
Tamangs are natives of Nepal. They have their own culture and language that makes them popular with other ethnic groups. Tamang means Horse Traders.Sonam Lhosar is a festival celebrated as an occasion of the start of a new year, by the Tamang community people in Nepal. ‘Lho’ means year and ‘Sar’ means new or fresh if translated, and the word ‘Sonam’ is referred to the Tamang people in Nepal, thus the festival ‘Sonam Lhosar’ is the New Year event, according to the calendar followed by Tamang people which fall on Magh Shukla Pakshya every year, according to the Lunar calendar. Sonam Lhosar falls in the Nepali calendar on the first full moon of the month "Magh" and in the English calendar between mid-January and February. So the date is different every year in Sonam Lhosar. It is celebrated with great enthusiasm as the Tamangs celebrate this festival as their New Year. They clean up all around and welcome the new home with wonderful decorations of their home, monasteries, choirs and others. Colorful Buddhist prayer flags are hung around and banquets are being prepared. Sonam Lhosar is the year of the Wood Horse. Note that those who celebrate Sonam Losar in Nepal also get 12 animal symbols related to the special year like the Chinese. They usually call it the Year of the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat / Sheep, Monkey, Dog, Poultry or Pig.
On the day of Sonam Lhosar, the people of the Tamang community clean and decorate the monastery and stupas for their traditional attire to welcome the new home. In Buddhist monasteries and stupa Tamang communities, special rituals are performed to ward off evil spirits, including mask dances. Cello dances and ceremonies are performed to ward off evil spirits. Tamang Cello is an important
part of the Sonam Festival. Tamang people, on the other hand, keep their homes and surroundings clean to welcome the deities. They eat pork, chicken, mutton, fish and sweets at Sonam Losar. In addition, traditional Tamang songs are played on tamang cello and damphu (musical instruments). Tamangs love musical instruments. Tamangs are very famous for their music and dance performances. Tamang's famous traditional drums are called "damphu". It is small, round, and covered with goat skin on one side. You will see that 2 small bamboo sticks are used to make it. Tamang songs are known as "Tamang cello". They play drums and sing cello, a combination of humor, joy and sorrow. Buddhist devotees come to pay their respects at Tamang Lohar's monastery, stupa and chorten. Celebrated by visiting Sonam Lhosar monasteries and stupas, Tamang Cello has crossed linguistic, cultural boundaries and social boundaries, it is the popular music of Nepal.
Tamang cello songs are famous for being entertaining and humorous, but also for expressing "deep philosophical meaning of life." The Tamang community is popular not only with the Tamang community, but with all Nepalis.The Tamangs gather every year at the nearby Tudikhel in Kathmandu to celebrate Soman Losar. They also organize various programs in different places or villages. Festivals include pigs, ducks, chickens, and sweets. Concerts are performed on the lake of Demphu with tamang cello. Attractions are usually worship, folk dohari competitions, food festivals, dramas, etc. Tamangs are seen in their own costumes. Tudikhel (an open public ground in the heart of Kathmandu city) is packed with people. People buy new clothes and decorate their homes according to their standard of living. Tradition has it that every family member there has a good home, a way to make a way, to get rid of any bad luck, to clean their house, windows and doors with colored paper and cloth and "good luck" or "happiness", "wealth", and "longevity". Are repeated with popular themes. They get together and have dinner with the family. Men or women and boys or girls wear their own clothes and jewelry and many of them wear traditional hats. Losar makes all Tamangs and Nepalis happy. The Tamang people also wear their traditional clothes and ornaments, participate in a variety of cultural events, and exchange greetings with one another. Sonam Lhosar brings a lot of joy and happiness, as well as unites other communities with the Tamang community.
Tamang is the largest community in Nepal. Tamangs make up 8% of Nepal's total population. The Tamangs are a very ancient tribe of Nepal and are the original people of Yambu. Tamang is a combination of two words, Ta Ho Horse and Ma Mang Rider. It is believed that they were associated with the horse trade or the riding business, some view it differently, and they regard Tamang as a horse warrior.Tamangs are rich in their traditions and culture. They have their own language, culture, dress and social structure. Tamangs generally believe in Buddhism. It is said that 90% of Tamangs follow Buddhism as their religion. The Tamang language is a member of the Tibetan Burmese family.
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Tamang is the largest community in Nepal. Tamangs make up 8% of Nepal's total population. The Tamangs are a very ancient tribe of Nepal and are the original people of Yambu. Tamang is a combination of two words, Ta Ho Horse and Ma Mang Rider. It is believed that they were associated with the horse trade or the riding business, some view it differently, and they regard Tamang as a horse warrior.Tamangs are rich in their traditions and culture. They have their own language, culture, dress and social structure. Tamangs generally believe in Buddhism. It is said that 90% of Tamangs follow Buddhism as their religion. The Tamang language is a member of the Tibetan Burmese family.
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