Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaSunday, February 14, 2010
The first day of Tsagaan Sar (Mongolian New Year) is a day for greeting/paying respect to ones elders. Everyone (except the "elders") heads out in their dels or other fine clothes for a big day of visiting--and eating buuz, or dumplings. We were invited by my colleague to join him and his family on their first visit of the New Year--to pay respect to his father and mother.
Yesterday's Tsagaan Sar "lesson" came in quite handy (see previous post). Thankfully, we had a basic idea of what to do and when to do it.
Photo: My colleague's family's Tsagaan Sar table, complete with the aforementioned sheep back and tail.
