The Tibetan New year, also known as Losar, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar. “Lo” stands for year while “sar” means new. It 1._____________ (celebrate) over a period of two weeks, generally during the months of December 2.____________ January. The celebration of Losar can date back 3. ____________ Tibetan pre-Buddhist period. At that time, Tibetans 4.___________(hold) a spiritual ceremony every winter. The festival is also believed 5.____________(begin) when an old woman called Belma introduced the measurement of time to Tibet 6.___________(base) on the moon. It may have been the first celebration of the traditional farmers’ festival. It was during this period 7.____________ the arts of growing crops on land were first introduced to Tibet. 8._____________(Religion) ceremonies started to celebrate these new capabilities, and these celebrations are believed to lead to the Losar festival. Today Losar is the most special occasion for Tibetans to exchange warmest greetings to 9.______________ (they) fellow relatives, family members and neighbors and to everyone around. For Tibetans, it means mass celebration, complete 10._____________(relax) and, plenty of festivities with abundance of festive-meals and being in best dressing clothes.