“Shine Oni Mend Hurgii” - (sounds: Shin Oni Mend Hurgel)- That’s the Mongolian way of saying Happy New Year! How do people celebrate the New year on 1st of January.
Mongolians treat this as a family event. They will welcome the New Year with family members. Having dinner with family, then went out with friends. Before the new year, the traffic in UB was so bad cause everyone rushing to buy things to welcome the new year. In the evening of the New Year Eve, u’ll be surprise that the street is clear and not many cars. I was taking a taxi to my friend’s place. It was abnormally quiet.
So, How do u celebrate New year in Mongolia? As an expatriate, I am away from my family but this is not really a family events in Malaysia. Thus, my friend and i gathered to cook some food together in a friends house, talking, cheering, playing mahjong, then trying to burn the fireworks to welcome the new year on the eve. The funniest part is that the firework that i bought was so bad that instead of shooting up, it explode in a horizontal way…and everyone was laughing at me the kind of firework that i had bought..Somehow, it enlightened my friends. On 1st of January, there weren’t many people and cars u can find along the street as almost all the shops were closed.We then went to another friends house for lunch again, it was a cheerful and joyous lunch with Korean Shabu shabu.
Sometimes i wonder it doesn’t matter where u are, your family is always in your heart. It makes me wonder again..does it matter where u are? or whom you are with? Anyway, happiness is always around us, it’s your choice to choose the way you want to live. What will be my new year resolutions?
I hope that I will be able to optimise this website, provide more information about life and travelling in Mongolia, increase the community of this website. Cheers & Happy New Year to all readers and visitors of Eco Nature Travel.
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