Lhosar is most celebrated festival among Sherpas & Tibetans. They celebrate the festival welcoming their New Year with feasts, family visits and dancing. During the festival, they wear finest clothes & jewelry and give each other gifts. Buddhist monks pray for a good health, prosperity and perform traditional dances at the monasteries. The colorful prayer flags are decorated the street and rooftop of their home. Swoyambhu and Bouddha stupa are colorful and are lit thousands of oil lamps in the evening during the festival. Crowds of celebrants at Bouddha bring in the New Year by throwing 'Tsampa' (roasted barley flour) into the air.
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