The Tibetan New Year is shared also by the Sikkimese and noticeable with lot of gaiety and festivity.

It falls normally in the month of February .The Tibetan youth take to the streets on the day drama the Yak dance and throwing sampa as a way of greeting and welcoming the New Year with shouts of "Tashi Delek".

The Tibetan community exerts itself in the more than week lengthy festivity with their
brocades, jewelry, songs, dances and picnics.