“Tsagaan Sar” or the “White Month” celebration is the
Lunar New Year for the Mongols according to their centuries old lunar
astrology. The Mongols celebrate passing the harsh winter in good health, and
welcome spring at Tsagaan Sar. Moreover, the Tsagaan Sar is a big family
celebration as everyone visits their elders to greet and wish well for the
coming year. They also exchange gifts and there’s a lot of festive food &
drinks, of course. The Lunar New Year’s also widely celebrated in other
Asian countries around the same time (the dates rarely differ) as Lunar
calendar is used in Buddhism. For this year, it’s the year of sheep coming (the
Lunar calendar has 12 zodiac animals), and the New Year’s ever is on 18
February.
Don’t just hide at home at Tsagaan Sar – come and
celebrate this beautiful age-old celebration and experience the Mongol
hospitality and traditions this year! There’s the following Tagaan Sar
tour for you to take part in, please see details below.
Mongolian Lunar New Year Celebration
tour 2015
Program in
brief
Feb.18. 2015 Lunar New Year Eve
Arrive at
the “Mongolian Secret History” Tourist complex
Having light
lunch
Having a
trip around area; visiting a Ger library to learn about Mongolian traditional
literatures and to listen about Mongolian shamanism.
Visiting the
hut and the statue of Tev Tenger Shaman who was one of the advisers of Genghis
Khan.
Having
Mongolian traditional vodka made from milk; slid
Traditional
art performances
Mongolian
Traditional Costume Fashion Show
Playing the
traditional sheep anklebone games and taking part in a competition. Guest will
be taught how to play the above games and will be competing as small teams.
Feb.19.2015 the First Day of the New
Year
Guest will
be participating in the customs to make the patterns of the New Year.
Visiting a
herder’s family in order to perform the custom of Mongolian traditional
greetings of the New Year
Archery
Taking
photos with the costumes of ancient kings and queen
Learning
Mongolian traditional dance
Learning how
to play traditional Mongolian games
Watching a
documentary about Mongolian ways of living and culture
Participating
in traditional customs of greeting each other
Tasting
traditional food
Riding horse
Ticket
price: 60 US$ (Accommodation & transportation not included)
For more information
please contact the numbers below:
Phone: 976-70000450,
96751023, 99565299, 99096841
E-mail: info@mongoliansecrethistory.mn
Recourse: gogo.mn
