BIG TOUR TO ALTAI
TSAGAAN SAR
Mongolians have been celebrating Tsagaan Sar, although it may have been held during the summer (possibly in August) when Chinggis was roaming the steppes. Now held over three days in January or February, Tsagaan Sar celebrates the end of winter and the start of spring, with plenty of eating and drinking vodka and airag (which have been frozen through the winter) During the first day, the fattest sheep is killed and hundreds and hundreds of steamed dumplings called buuz are made. The tail, which is the most prized part of the sheep, is kept untill the end of the celebrations. The days are filled with traditional songs, greetings called zolgokh, where younger people give their respect to the older generations and visits the other gers, and these days, monasteries.
