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You should always go to celebrate the Tibetan New Year once~

You should always go to celebrate the Tibetan New Year once~ ‌You must go to Tibet to experience the different customs and practices of the Tibetan people and feel the different sense of New Year rituals. ✔️Prepare New Year goods‌: ⭐️From the middle of the twelfth month of the Tibetan calendar, people begin to prepare for the New Year, including making Kasai (a kind of butter biscuit) and Gutu (a kind of batter soup). ⭐️Kasai comes in various shapes and colors and is used as both a decoration and a delicacy to entertain guests. ⭐️Gutu symbolizes exorcising evil spirits and avoiding disasters. ‌Ghost Exorcism Ceremony‌: Two days before New Year’s Eve, people will do a thorough cleaning inside and outside the house, and perform a ghost exorcism ceremony on New Year’s Eve. ⭐️Family members will walk around the house holding torches and "ghost food" to drive away evil forces and pray for peace and health in the new year. ‌ ✔️Dancing Guozhuang Dance: ⭐️This is a folk dance in which people form a big circle in a square or village, hold hands, sing and dance to the rhythm of drums, and show joy and unity. ‌ ⭐️Getting morning water: In the early morning of the first day of the Tibetan New Year, every family will go to the river or well to get the first bucket of water of the new year, symbolizing a good harvest and good luck in the new year. ‌ ⭐️Eating Gutu‌: On the night before New Year’s Eve, each family will make "Gutu", which is filled with various symbolic things, such as stones, peppers, wool, etc., which symbolize strength, straightforwardness, gentleness, etc. ‌ ⭐️Hanging prayer flags: During the New Year, people will hang colorful prayer flags on the roofs to pray for good weather and peace and prosperity for the country. ‌ ⭐️Derga: Dega is a food decorated with curd blocks and candies, symbolizing harvest and happiness. ‌ ⭐️Eating Chema: On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household will prepare a grain bucket filled with tsampa and roasted wheat grains, symbolizing a good harvest and good luck. ‌ ⭐️Horse Racing Show: Special horse racing competitions are held during the Tibetan New Year, where people can watch and communicate at the same time. 🧧Recommend a 5-day in-depth tour of Lhasa🧧 🚙D1: [All over the country - Lhasa pick-up] 🚙D2:【Play in the Holy City】Potala Palace→50💷Cover Yaowang Mountain→Jokhang Temple丨Barkhor Street【Tibetan Costume Photo】 🚙D3: [Lhasa - Yanghu Lake - Karola Glacier] Turquoise scattered on earth and the filming location of the movie Red River Valley 🚙D4: [Lhasa-Namtso] Northern Tibetan Prairie → [Namtso] → Zhaxi Peninsula 🚙D5: [Send to Lhasa]
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Posted: Feb 18, 2025
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