People on this day, visit Lord Rama temples, hold family get-togethers and enjoy festive meals. The festival, also known as ‘Small Dashain’ is commonly celebrated as ‘Ram Navami’ in other parts of the country, commemorating the birth of Lord Rama on this auspicious day during the Pre-Vedic times. ‘Chaite Dashain’ makes for one of the most important religious festivals for the Nepali community inhibiting the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India. Like other communities, the Tamangs also celebrate their festival with great joy and religious fervour which lasts for five to fifteen days from place to place. The festival falls in the month January - February (Magha Sukla Pakcha) Spring season. Sonam Lochar is an important festival of Tamang community. Two days prior to Losar, the Gutor Chaam is performed at Rumtek monastery depicting the battle between good and evil and the ritualized destruction of evil. Losar is the Tibetan New Year which falls in the month of February and is likewise celebrated by inviting friends and relatives for family gatherings. Hundreds of stalls selling and exhibiting various products are put up for the huge number of people who visit the fair. The mela is said to have evolved from the agricultural fair that was held in Jorethang for the first time in 1955. It has now become a major event, attracting hordes of locals and tourists. The biggest and most awaited is the Jorethang Maghe Mela, held in Jorethang in south Sikkim. On this day huge Fairs and melas are held in many places along the river banks and confluence of rivers. A bathing festival called Makkar is observed, when people take a dip at the confluence of the Tista and Rangit. It falls on the fourteenth of January every year. Known as Makker Sakranti in other parts of India, the festival is observed for three days, usually in mid January. Maghe Sankranti, or the first day of the tenth month of the Bikram Sambat calendar which heralds the onset of warmer weather is a major secular festival of the Nepalese.
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