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Tsagaan Sar, the White Moon
The Mongolian new year, with debts cleared, lamps lit and elders greeted by a ritual exchange of blue scarves.
About Tsagaan Sar, the White Moon
Tsagaan Sar, the White Moon, is the Mongolian lunar new year, and its date follows the Mongolian calendar rather than the Chinese one, so the two can differ by a month. In the days before, the home is cleaned, debts are settled and the eve (bituun) is spent at a large meal of boiled mutton, dumplings and milk foods. Lamps are lit and offerings are placed at the family altar, and a protective ritual passes the old year out. On the first day, younger people greet elders with a formal gesture (zolgokh), receiving a blessing and a gift, then the family visit relatives in order of age. Many families also consult a lunar calendar or astrologer for the omens and the best direction to leave the home on the first day.
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Also part of it, and being written: Tibetan Buddhism (The religion shaping many of its rites.).
Written by the EveryJaadu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Tsagaan Sar" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family, and are described as belief and practice. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.