People from the Tamang community are celebrating Sonam Lhosar with fanfare by extending greetings to one another and feasting on traditional cuisines today. Sonam Lhosar is being celebrated on the first day of the new moon in the month of Magh in the lunar calendar. According to the Manju Shree calendar, Tamangs divide their year into 12 cycles, each is given a special name, before the name of animals.

The government has announced a public holiday today to celebrate the festival.

The Tamang Community is the fifth largest community in term of population in Nepal, comprising 5.64 percent of the total population, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.