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- The Losar festival is also called the Tibetan New Year.
- This festival is celebrated by a tribe called the Monpa tribe.
- This festival is celebrated in the Himalayan states, mainly in Arunachal Pradesh.
- The other name for this festival is the “festival of Swords”.
- On this day, different kinds of food are used as special offerings to the gods. These foods are like that of momo, rice cakes and others.
- Majority of the people use silk clothes with the finest jewellery.
- This festival is filled with colours and amusement
- It is also one festival out of many that attracts a lot of tourists.
- This is a very important festival especially for Buddhism.
- People who celebrate this festival are seen to put prayer flags hanging on their houses.
