'Losar' or New Year festival celebration adds traditional fervor in Arunachal Pradesh

ANI News 2016-03-31

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Arunachal Pradesh, Mar 31 (ANI): 'Tawang' the picturesque hill station came alive with the celebration of Losar or a New Year festival by the Monpa community. The festival is marked by offering prayers, incense stick, gifts at the Monastery. Losar festival is celebrated with high festive spirit and feasting together with friends and relatives. On the occasion, people from different tribes, religions came together and joined to celebrate with dances and songs. During festival, young boys and girls performed a colorful traditional dance of Monpa community. A group of artists also performed a traditional masked dance called 'Aji Lhamu' to enthrall the audience with their amazing performances. On the occasion, Artists from Bhutan also performed their traditional song and dance with their famous musical instruments called Yang-Chin, Pi-Wang or fiddle, Flute and Dranyen. Losar is celebrated all over the countries where 'Mahayana Buddhism' is preached and they send out a message of peace, love and harmony through this festival.

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