Losar
Losar (Tibet: ལོ་གསར་; Wylie: lo-gsar; "new year"[1]) adalah sebuah festival dalam Buddhisme Tibet.[2] The holiday is celebrated on various dates depending on location (Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan) tradition.[3][4] The holiday is a new year's festival, celebrated on the first day of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar, which corresponds to a date in February or March in the Gregorian calendar.[1] In 2018, the new year commenced on the 16th of February and celebrations will run until the 18th of the same month. It also commenced the Year of the Male Earth Dog.[5]
| Losar | |
|---|---|
| Nama lain | Tahun Baru Tibet Lhochhar |
| Dirayakan oleh | Tibetans, Bhutanese, Tibetan Buddhists and certain ethnic groups in Pakistan, Nepal and India |
| Jenis | Tibetan culture, Tibetan Buddhist, new year |
| Frekuensi | Tahunan |
| Terkait dengan | Other lunisolar new year festivals in Asia |
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Referensi
- ^ a b William D. Crump, "Losar" in Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide (McFarland & Co.: 2008), pp. 237-38.
- ^ "Buddhism: Losar". BBC. September 8, 2004.
- ^ Peter Glen Harle, Thinking with Things: Objects and Identity among Tibetans in the Twin Cities (Ph.D dissertation: Indiana University, 2003), p. 132: "In Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India and other areas where Tibetan Buddhism is practiced, the dates for Losar are often calculated locally, and often vary from region.".
- ^ William D. Crump, Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide (McFarland & Co.: 2008), pp. 237: ""Different traditions have observed Losar on different dates."
- ^ "Losar 2018 - Google Search". www.google.com. Diakses tanggal April 5, 2018.
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