The libation is a unique Mongolian custom of offering the first drops of milk or any dairy products to heaven, mother earth and spirits of mountain and water for receiving their blessings. As a tradition, the “Tsagaan Sar” festival, fire worshipping ritual, mare milking ceremony, ritual for asking quarries from a hunt, ritual for summoning prosperity and cairn-worshipping ceremony each has its own distinct verse of libation and anointment. For instance; during the celebration of the festival “Tsagaan Sar” or beginning of the spring while animals are delivering an off-springs, Mongols do the libation by milk to heaven, mother earth and spirits of mountain and water for receiving their blessing to the well growing of baby animals and more dairy products. During the libation, Mongols do say the poems of offerings to spirits and deities for asking the blessings.

The libation is a unique Mongolian custom of offering the first drops of milk or any dairy products to heaven, mother earth and spirits of mountain and water for receiving their blessings. As a tradition, the “Tsagaan Sar” festival, fire worshipping ritual, mare milking ceremony, ritual for asking quarries from a hunt, ritual for summoning prosperity and cairn-worshipping ceremony each has its own distinct verse of libation and anointment. For instance; during the celebration of the festival “Tsagaan Sar” or beginning of the spring while animals are delivering an off-springs, Mongols do the libation by milk to heaven, mother earth and spirits of mountain and water for receiving their blessing to the well growing of baby animals and more dairy products. During the libation, Mongols do say the poems of offerings to spirits and deities for asking the blessings.

The Feast of Sada is also one of the ancient festivals of the Aryan peoples. The essence of the Sada Holiday is the victory of light over light, warm over cold and good over evil, and the people celebrate it by lighting large bonfires.\nEvery year, Sada is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Bahman (11th month of the solar calendar), which is equal to January 30 according to the chronology of the birth of Christ.\nThe main purpose of the Sada Holiday is to respect light and illumination and warmth. In empirical stories, it is said that by kindling fire, peoples called for spring and warmth and light. The purpose of the people in its celebration is considered to be the beginning of preparation for fieldwork and gardening.\nSada is a celebration for young people and adults, women and men, and all citizens in general. It did not and does not belong to any religion.

The Feast of Sada is also one of the ancient festivals of the Aryan peoples. The essence of the Sada Holiday is the victory of light over light, warm over cold and good over evil, and the people celebrate it by lighting large bonfires.\nEvery year, Sada is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Bahman (11th month of the solar calendar), which is equal to January 30 according to the chronology of the birth of Christ.\nThe main purpose of the Sada Holiday is to respect light and illumination and warmth. In empirical stories, it is said that by kindling fire, peoples called for spring and warmth and light. The purpose of the people in its celebration is considered to be the beginning of preparation for fieldwork and gardening.\nSada is a celebration for young people and adults, women and men, and all citizens in general. It did not and does not belong to any religion.

The Feast of Sada is also one of the ancient festivals of the Aryan peoples. The essence of the Sada Holiday is the victory of light over light, warm over cold and good over evil, and the people celebrate it by lighting large bonfires.\nEvery year, Sada is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Bahman (11th month of the solar calendar), which is equal to January 30 according to the chronology of the birth of Christ.\nThe main purpose of the Sada Holiday is to respect light and illumination and warmth. In empirical stories, it is said that by kindling fire, peoples called for spring and warmth and light. The purpose of the people in its celebration is considered to be the beginning of preparation for fieldwork and gardening.\nSada is a celebration for young people and adults, women and men, and all citizens in general. It did not and does not belong to any religion.\n

The Feast of Sada is also one of the ancient festivals of the Aryan peoples. The essence of the Sada Holiday is the victory of light over light, warm over cold and good over evil, and the people celebrate it by lighting large bonfires.\nEvery year, Sada is celebrated on the 10th day of the month of Bahman (11th month of the solar calendar), which is equal to January 30 according to the chronology of the birth of Christ.\nThe main purpose of the Sada Holiday is to respect light and illumination and warmth. In empirical stories, it is said that by kindling fire, peoples called for spring and warmth and light. The purpose of the people in its celebration is considered to be the beginning of preparation for fieldwork and gardening.\nSada is a celebration for young people and adults, women and men, and all citizens in general. It did not and does not belong to any religion.

People make offerings to Hùng Kings at the Ritual of Receiving the Kings for Celebration of Spring in Cả Communal Hall, Tiên Kiên Commune, Lâm Thao District, 2011. Photo by Bùi Quang Thanh; © 2011 Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies.

Bride festival is a traditional gathering and celebration of spring in the northern districts of Tajikistan. New brides come together with their close relatives such sisters, mothers-in-law, sisters-in-law in one village house. There, they prepare sumanak a special Navruz halva and other traditional dishes.