Lunar New Year 

We celebration "Tsagaan Sar", that name means "White Moon" and the holiday welcomes the spring while commemorating the passing of winter. The Mongolian lunar calendar uses five cycles of twelve years, each cycle being named after an element (earth, water, fire, iron and wind), and each year after one of twelve animals. The festival is usually celebrated at the end of January or the beginning of February, and officially lasts three days. we spend seems like everyone visits everyone (from close realitives to acquaintances) to greet happily each other. People prepared celebrated table, stummed bun its called buuz, alcoholic and drinks. Visitors are given gifts at every family they visit. 

Mongolian Naadam festival

The Naadam is one of the biggest national holidays in Mongolia. This annual sports festival is the most famous celebration across the country. It features the 3 mainly sports: wrestling, horse racing and archery. The Naadam is always held on 11-13 July, annually. 

• Wrestling                 

Wrestling is the most popular of all Mongol sports. While the sport takes place in countries all over the world, Mongol-style wrestling involves distinct rituals and techniques, which some historians claim originated 7000 years ago. There are noweight categories or age limits in Mongolian national wrestling. 

• Horse racing

It is another popular ancient Mongolian sport. The animals are separated from the herd, taken to an adequate pasture, and trained. Racehorses are divided into several age groups: 2,3,4 and 5 year olds. The riders range in age from 5 to 12. Mongolian children are generally excellent equestrians, as many boys and girls have been riding since infancy. Competitions are not held on special racetracks, but right across the steppe, where riders are cofronted with various obstacles such as rivers, ravines and hills. The distance varies according to the age of the horse between 15 and 35 km.  The start and the finish provide a race's most exciting moments. 

• Archery

Ample information abour archery appears in historical documents dating back to the 13th century and even before, historians say, archery contests were first held in the 11th centure. 

Mongols use a compound bow, built from layers of horn, sinew, bark and wood. When unstrung it is not straight, but curved. The distance to the targets is about 75 meters for men and 60 meters for women. Men shoot about 40 arrows abd nust score no less than 15 points to advance in the competition; women shoot 20 arrows and must score at least 13 points using the same bow as the men. The archer who scores the most points wins, earning the title Mergen (Super-marksman) as a result. 

Nauryz festival 

Mongolia consists more than 20 ethnic groups and one of them is Kazakh. They have a national holiday its called “Nauryz”, that name originated from Persian words “Nau-New”, “Ryz- Day” which means “New Day”.  Nauryz is a New Year celebration for the Kazakhs who are sunny Muslims in Bayan Ulgii province. This holiday has been celebrated on 21-22 March, the day of the spring equinox. That’s why the Kazakhs call the month of March Nauryz.

Nauryz is celebrated as the day of the renewed life which comes with the spring. It is the day when the first spring thunder strikes, birds are swelling on the trees, and vegetation grows wildly. Nauryz, as a non-religious celebration of the spring and renewal, is closely linked to some other Kazakh holidays, such as a “farewell to winter” festival.

People believed, the more generous the celebration of Nauryz was the happier the year would be. Therefore, there are so many rituals and festivities related to this holiday.