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                                  Losar is one of the important festivals that Buddhism follower celebrated each year with different events and with different names too in which Tamu Losar is one of them. Tamu Losar is also known as Tamu Lochar in which lo - indicates year likewise char/sar - refers to new so, it is observed as the new year by gurung community in Nepal. Tomu Losar is observed annually in Nepali month poush 15 i.e December- January and the festivals is celebrated among families and friends. It is said that before the establishment of calendar Buddhists people use to indicates year by animals sign so altogether 12 animals are used as the year signs and they are cat, dog, cow, sheep, horse, monkey, tiger, deer, mouse, bird, snake, garuda(eagle).   In Nepal, Mongolians are mostly the Buddhist follower and various types of Losar are celebrated by Mongolians. There are various types of losar that in celebrated in Nepal they are as follows: 1. Sonam losar – celebrated by

 

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                           Udhauli is one of the festivals of Nepal which is celebrated annually by the people of kirat community such as Sunuwar, Rai, Limbu, etc. In general, Udhauli indicate downward migration of people from cold areas to warm places. This festival falls on November- December which is also the winter season so people prefer to migrate from high altitude to lower parts as life in high altitude itself is difficult due to cold weather cause by mountains and also to be safe from major health issues like frostbite, common cold, fever and so on. Udhauli is observed in Mangsir month on the day of full moon so it is also be called as mangsir Purnima.     Udhauli Parva is celebrated in eastern region i.e provenance 1 of Nepal. Kirat people observed two festivals which are direct or indirect connection to weather in which major ones are Udhauli and other is Ubhauli. Until now we knew that Udhauli means migrating downwards to lower altitude parts likewise Ubhauli means mi