Losoong Festival
losoong mark end harvest season bhutia tribe celebrated every year december based tibetan lunar calendar losoong fall st day th month farmer celebrate harvest traditional festival bhutias time farmer rejoice celebrate harvest lepchas also celebrate call namsoong celebrated inviting friend family traditional gaity celebration festival adapted tradition ritual tibetan new year losar festival preceded masked dance phodong rumtek monastery sikkim losoong celebrated india also nepal bhutan dance form performed festival depict narrativized tale life padmasambhava guru ugyen celebration begin priest offer chifut special alcohol god offering god effigy demon king burnt burning demon represents destroying evil certain competition organized merrymaking last several day festival also called sonam losoong losoong festival famous eastern india