Tsagaan sar

This is a long holiday in Mongolia: tsagaan sar, white month, the new year's eve.
I was invited by some friends of mine.
On the sunday night we eat and drink  and mongolian people they talk, but I don't understand!
We eat a lot of buuz, meat, sweets, when I say a lot this is really a lot!!!
On the monday morning we show our respect to older people. So we went to the mother of my friends to present our respect, saying: Амар байна уу? (Amar baina uu?), meaning "Is there peace?", and we usually give some money.
In return you receive some presents: these are mine: sweet, cream for the hand and some tights: great!!!!

On the evening I was also dressed nice and the mother was wearing a great deel.
Many people buy new clothes for this occasion, because you start the new year, so the shopping malls and shops were really full!
Once again I have eaten too much and tomorrow the school organize a lunch for the teachers, mamamia

But as you may see it very warm here in UB, so you can digest all the food :-)

And this new year is the year of the snake. And as you can see I think coca cola has done a great publicity with it!
Really mongolian!