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Tsagaan Sar | |
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Also called | Mongolian New Year Mongol New Year Tsagaan Sar Sagaalgan Sagaan hara Tsahan sar |
Observed by | Mongolia Russia (Agin-Buryat Okrug, Altai Republic, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva, Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug) China (Bayingolin, Bortala, Dorbod, Fuxin, Haixi, Harqin Zuoyi, Henan, Hoboksar, Inner Mongolia, Qian Gorlos, Subei, Weichang). |
Type | Cultural (Mongolian) Religious (Buddhist and Shamanist) |
Significance | New Year holiday |
2023 date | 21 February |
2024 date | 10 February |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Sagaalgan (Buryatia, Russia), Shagaa (Tuva, Russia), Tsagan Sar (Kalmykia, Russia), Chaga Bayram (Altai, Russia) |
The Mongolian Lunar New Year, commonly known as Tsagaan Sar (Mongolian: Цагаан сар ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ, pronounced [t͡sʰɐˈʁaːɴ sɐr] or literally White Moon),[note 1] is the first day of the year according to the Mongolian lunisolar calendar. The festival of the Lunar New Year is celebrated by Mongolic and some Turkic peoples. The holiday has shamanistic influences.[1][2][3][4][5]
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