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Losoong (Namsoong)

Bhutia (Losoong) and Lepcha (Namsoong) · Sikkim

When: December-January, lunar calendar
Who: Bhutia (Losoong) and Lepcha (Namsoong)
Where: Sikkim
Gateway: Gangtok

What it is

The festival

The Sikkimese new year, closing the harvest: cham dances at the monasteries (Rumtek, Enchey, Phodong), archery tournaments and family feasting. Lepcha communities mark the same turning as Namsoong.

Attending

How visitors fit in

Open at monastery courtyards and village archery grounds; Gangtok fills with homecoming families.

Around it

Plan around Losoong (Namsoong)

Sikkim in December → Sikkim travel guide →

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