Culture of Sikkim

Festivals

• Losar: Tibetan New Year celebrated with joy and prayers.
• Maghe Sankranti: Marks the beginning of warmer days and harvest time.
• Saga Dawa: Important Buddhist festival celebrating Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and nirvana.

Food

• Momos: Steamed dumplings filled with vegetables or meat.
• Thukpa: A noodle soup popular in the mountains.
• Gundruk: Fermented leafy green vegetable dish.

Clothes

• Bakhu: Traditional dress worn by both men and women of Sikkim.
• Honju: Full-sleeved blouse worn by women under the Bakhu.

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