KATHMANDU: Sherpa community is observing Gyalpo Lhosar across the country by organizing various programs today.
The Gyalpo Lhosar is celebrated on Falgun Shukla Pratipada as per the Lunar calendar, believing that this marks the beginning of the year.
Sherpa people are celebrating 2151st Gyalpo Lhosar this year by exchanging greetings, cleaning houses, alleys, water resources and eating Guthuk, the mixed delicacies of nine different food items.
This festival is taken as an opportunity that fosters social harmony, reunion and reconciliation among the kith and kin and family members.
On the occasion of Gyalpo Lhosar, President Ram Chandara Paudel has extended Lhosar greetings expressing the belief that it would help foster social harmony, brotherhood, and goodwill among the Nepali people living in the country and abroad.
Similarly, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has extended Lhosar greetings stating that Nepal is rich in tribal, linguistic, religious and cultural diversities.
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