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Mongolia: Tsagaan Sar

Written byAdil Nurmakov

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Posted 26 January 2009 6:33 GMT

Bilguun writes about the national Mongolian holiday called Tsagaan sar (New Year), which is celebrated on different days every year, and this year's Tsagaan sar – as usually – provoked the same old debate amongst the astrologers and the lamas as to when it should be celebrated.

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