The traditional lunar new year festival (Tsagaan sar)
Title
The traditional lunar new year festival (Tsagaan sar)
Alternative Title
Цагаан сарын уламжлалт ёслол, зан үйл
Publication Type
Language
mon
eng
Location
Mongolia
Keywords
Tsagaan sar
Lunar New Year
Festive event
Cutsoms
Celebration
Relevance to ICH Safeguarding
ICH Genre
Description
The Mongolian festive traditions include a variety of festivals, such as the National Naadam festival, seasonal festivals, anniversaries, religious holidays, labor holidays, children’s holidays, youth festivals, weddings, and anniversaries. The Tsagaan Sar is a day on which the old year is replaced by the new year by the lunar calendar. Mongolians call white the first month of the new year because it is a symbol of purity and happiness. Tsagaan Sar is not just an ordinary family celebration, it is a meaningful holiday period of the Mongolian nation, a national celebration, a period when the people show respect to each other, and the state shows respect to the people time say farewell to the old year and welcome new year with best wishes and desires. The celebration of Tsagaan Sar consists of many traditions and customs, such as the New Year’s Eve celebration—full moon night
the custom of honoring the state flag
the custom of offering New Year’s greetings
the offering of dairy and food, etc. Tsagaan Sar is a celebration of the Lunar New Year, a celebration of love, a celebration of spring, a herder’s holiday, a celebration of the lineage, and a unique national holiday. The heritage element “Traditional Tsagaan Sar Festival” is registered in the “Traditional festivals, rituals, customs, games, and chants” domain of the National Representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Mongolia.
Publisher
National Center for Cultural Heritage
Place of Publication
Mongolia
Date of Publication
2022
Academic Field
heritage management
Community/Ethnic Group
Mongolia
Active Contribution
Mongolia, FY 2024