Losar ལོ་གསར (New Year) is a historical event for Tibetan people. The year of the pig falls on February 5thof the Gregorian calendar this year. Tibetans follow the 12-year cycle zodiac heavily. Most Tibetan mothers even refer to their children’s birth year by the year of the zodiac animal rather than the calendar year. Tibetan culture is […]
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Tibet’s Summer Is Most Striking
The sky is blue, and the clouds are white. Drizzling nights and burning daytime sun, yet leaves you perfectly content. The rainy season cultivates wildflowers, mushrooms, and other vegetation that charm the plateau. The pedicularis (lousewort) flowers in cream and purple color, The meconopsis poppies and gentian in blue and white, And potentillas anserine (silverweeds) […]
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How Tibetans Celebrate Losar–New Year?
Wishing you all a Happy Losar. Losar is the Tibetan New Year. It’s the year of the dog. The holiday mixes both sacred and secular rituals. From a cultural perspective, Losar is like Christmas for Westerners, except Tibet’s New Year in Reb gong lasts 18 days. Year after year, we relish the rich heritage of […]
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A Year to Celebrate
2017 was a year of change. My little family relocated from Madison, Wisconsin, to Vancouver, Washington and then finally across the river to Portland, Oregon. I’ve made changes before, moving from country to country, continent to continent, but never twice a year. Each move enabled me to meet new people, gain new perspectives, and experience […]
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15 Expressions of Tibet’s Nomadic Life
Lhago and her husband Tsehua decided to have a nomadic life experience. This summer was the first time my sister visited our nomad family in Tsekog, Zekog or rtse khog (རྩེ་ཁོག Zeku) with Tsehua. Our maternal grandmother was born in Tsekog County, in a yak-fur tent. It’s where my family still has a village […]
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