Traditional Festivals
First, I am going to talk about some of the festivals that we celebrate during the year. The most important festival is the “Tsagaan Sar” which is when every one in their family come together to celebrate. Then “Naadam” which is where the people of Mongolia wrestle, race horses, shoot arrows to compete in the competion that go on during that time. For last, New years which when every Mongolian wait for the oclock to go past midnight. So the first day of the new year begins. People will go to their relatives and give presents. These are some important festivals that Mongolians celebrate. There lot of day where we celebrate for example The Independence Day, Mothers Day and Teachers Day. Mongolians don’t like to leave a festival out so they prepare for every celebration and make it a day to remember for everyone.
Tsagaan Sar is the most important holiday for Mongolian people because it is the only time when every people in the family and relatives come together. The whole family would meet in the home of the eldest in the family and the people that come in would go to every person and would say “ Amar baina u?’ and then everyone would celebrate. The people that came would eat “buuz” and drink “ airag”. I think that Tsagaan Sar is very important because it will keep the families together. They will know each other. So I always go to every family there is in our relatives to meet everyone and talk to them about stuff. One thing that every family give to the people that came to their house is a gift and they would be given food to eat till they cant eat. The kids would play around the house and the older people would drink for good health and to live long. After all this every people would go home and celebrate just to themselves. Second of all, Naadam is something that show the rest of the world that Mongolia is different from everyone else. Because of the horse race, wrestling and the archers. Wrestling is a very important traditional sport in Mongolia. Because wrestlers from all over the places in Mongolia would come together to wrestle and see who is the strongest. The horse racing is something that everyone loves to watch because Mongolia horse is very different from the horses from the rest of the world. Because they are smaller and they have better stamina then the horses from other places. The archers would shoot at targets to see who is the sharpest and the accurate shooter in Mongolia. So this will bring fame to them if the win. Naadam is held between July11th to 13th . Every Mongolian is very excited during that time of the year. For last, New year is a time when the whole city light up. There is lot of firework at the Central Square during that day. People would go there to watch the fireworks. The children in Mongolia have the best time of the year because every people they meet would give them money or a gift. So it is really nice. One thing I like is when the oclock go past midnight it just feels different like if I have grown older. These are some important holidays in Mongolia.
Finally, these holidays are an important thing in Mongolia because it reminds people that we are Mongolian and that we should respect everything that was given to us. Every holiday or an important day will keep people forgetting who they are. So holidays are something that people cant live without.
