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| LAHDC to bring Losar festivals of Ladakh on tourist map:JTN | | 
Leh,December 14 (Scoop News)-Aimed at preserving the age old traditional and cultural values, the people of Wanla in a significant move revived their Losar festival
which was abandoned 9 years back. In this regard, a grand Losar celebration highlighting the performances of Baba, Meymey, Karok,Patimo and rChaspa etc were held today at Wanla.
The CEC, LAHDC, Leh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal was the chief guest on the occasion and EC, Agriculture, Stanzin Phuntsog also attended the Wanla Losar.
Appreciating the people of Wanla for reviving their Losar festival,Jamyang said that this important step taken by Wanla would set an example for many other villages to follow and revive their Losar. He said that Ladakh has a distinct cultural identity because of such fairs and festivals which has come down from generation to generation carrying the custom and ritual of our glorious past. He felt the need to preserve such hereditary legacy in order to further pass on to our posterity and therefore JTN appealed the younger generations to learn and inculcate the ancestral values in them and become true Ladakhis.
CEC said that LAHDC would bring a calendar of Losar festivals of different regions of Ladakh on tourist map in the coming days saying that it would not only help to preserve the significance of Losar in all the villages but would also promote the winter tourism in Ladakh,
Padmashri Morup Namgyal was also present on the occasion and he gave a detail recounting of the modes and movements of Wanla Losar.
A large number of locals, monks and enthusiastic youngsters attended the festival and contributed to the richness of the festival.
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