Losoong is a Sikkimese New Year festival and carnival which celebrates the end of the annual harvest season at the conclusion of the tenth month of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar. The Namsoong festival begins on the 1st day of the new moon phase Kurneet Lovo, as per the Lepcha lunisolar Calendar known as Dungkit Karchu. The losoong festival is celebrated as Sonam Losoong, by the Sikkimese Bhutia and as Namsoong by the Lepchas. The festival is primarily celebrated by Bhutia and Lepcha tribes in India, Bhutan and Nepal.
Other Festivals of Sikkim:
- Pang Lhabsol
- Sonam Lhochhar Festival
- Saga Dawa