| Teesta Tea Tourism Festival
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| | Nyempa Guzom
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| Teesta Tea and Tourism Festival is an
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| | Nyempa Guzom is a festival that is
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| inter-state festival celebrated every
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| | celebrated within the Monasteries in
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| year either in November or December at
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| | Sikkim. Common people visit and offer
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| Darjeeling and Dooars of West Bengal and
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| | gifts of fruits, sweets & even donations
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| at Sikkim. The festival is aimed for the
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| | and pray for the good will of their
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| promotion of tourism. The West Bengal
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| | family and beloved ones. It falls on the
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| Tourism, Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council,
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| | 6th and 7th day of the 11th month of
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| and Sikkim Tourism, supported by the
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| | Tibetan calendar, which sometime around
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| Tourism Department of India Government,
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| | December - January. This is observed few
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| jointly organize the festival. It holds
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| | days after Loosung.
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| many cultural programs, water sports,
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| | Tamu Lochar
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| food carnival, toy train ride, and film
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| | This festival is celebrated by Gurung
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| fests.
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| | Communities in the state. It is
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| Sikkimese New Year
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| | symbolizes the arrival of Tamu New Year.
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| Losoong is the New Year for the people of
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| | It falls on Pus pandra i.e 15th day of
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| Sikkim. It generally, falls in the month
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| | the nine month of Nepali Calendar, which
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| of December and marks the end of
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| | is sometime during December. This marks
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| harvesting season. The highlights of the
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| | the celebration after a year's hardwork.
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| festival are Chaam dances and archery
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| | This month is barred from any kind of
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| contests. Losoong festival is also famous
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| | ploughing and digging. According to
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| as Sonam Losoong (Farmers' New Year). It
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| | legends, the ancestors of Tamus known as
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| falls on the 18th day of the 10th month
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| | Khemas did a long meditation and Lord
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| of the Tibetan lunar calendar and dots
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| | Buddha himself appeared to them on this
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| the agricultural New Year when rice and
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| | day of Pus pandra and enlightened them.
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| grains are in plenty. People of Sikkim
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| | Thus, this day was very auspicious to
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| celebrate this day by performing a very
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| | them and they then started the Tamu
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| famous Chaam dance. They also make
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| | Buddhism. On this day the Lo (birth sign)
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| offerings to the gods, both in gompas and
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| | changes and is considered propitious for
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| in their domestic shrines. Sonam Losoong
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| | calculating the good and bad scope of
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| is more of a private affair. People get
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| | particular lo whereby the monks declare
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| up before dawn to take bath and wear new
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| | specific prayers to be performed for each
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| clothes. Later, all the family members
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| | lo. All types of decisions are taken and
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| sit together to pray for peace and
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| | debts are repaid on this date. The
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| prosperity. This festival lasts for 15
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| | festivity lasts for three days.
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| days.
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