8. Lunar New Year - Buuz, presents, rituals and more

Happy Spring everyone! Did you know that in Mongolia we count winter days with 9 of 9 day cycles and we consider that spring starts after the end of 9th 9 day cycle. We just celebrated Lunar New Year aka Tsagaan sar. Lunar New Year is one of the biggest holiday in Mongolia and serves as a big part of Mongolian cultural identity. There's a lot to uncover about symbolic meanings related to the celebration. However, on this episode I shared about practical reality of celebrating Lunar New Year. Also, I covered about must know and interesting rituals we perform as a tradition.  2023-2025 announced to be "Years to visit Mongolia" and 34 new countries are temporarily exempt from visa up to 30 days. Here you can get the list of countries. https://montsame.mn/en/read/310896 With music break I introduced legendary folk singer G. Tumendemberel and her most famous song "Usnii Tungalag Tamiriin Gol". Hope you'll find it enchanting as I do.