The "White Moon" family holiday: steamed buuz, greetings to elders and the first sunrise of the year.
Families clean their homes, prepare hundreds of buuz dumplings and visit relatives in order of seniority, greeting elders with the zolgokh ritual. Visitors who join a nomad family for Tsagaan Sar see Mongolian hospitality at its warmest.
What you'll see
- Celebrate with a nomad family
- Traditional food: buuz and the sheep's tail
- Greeting rituals in traditional dress
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