Celebrating Mongolian New Year in Singapore

 

Chinese all over the world, including Singapore, ushered in Chinese New Year on 17 February with most families gathering on the eve of the New Year for Reunion Dinners. The Mongolian Community at EAST ushered in their Lunar New Year a day later on 18 February, celebrating Tsagaan Sar “White Moon” together by making beef dumplings called Buuz. Traditionally, each family back home will make 1000 to 1200 Buuz to last for three to four days of their Mongolian New Year.

In Singapore when the community gathered, they just made enough for themselves to consume for a meal. Below are some pictorial journal to showcase how they came together to make the dumplings in a slideshow.

This Mongolian traditional instrument called Morin Khuur was also being skilfully played while another member was singing.

This was the special celebratory performance they had during their gathering.

EAST has a special connection with Mongolia since we graduated our first Mongolian students in 2011, Bataa Juvaa (MDiv GS) and his wife Ganaa Ganbold (PIM), and Bataa returned to Mongolia to be the first local National Director of Mongolia Campus Crusade for Christ at that time. The current National Director of Mongolia Campus Crusade for Christ, Zoloo Damba (MALD) and his wife Muugii Namjildorj (PIM), are also alumni of EAST who graduated in 2020. We also have an EAST Extension Centre in Mongolia headed by EAST alumni Bataraa Baatarsuren (MALD, 2015) and Zulaa Badamzul (MABS, 2016), another husband and wife team. Another couple, Tuvshuu Tsogtbaatar (MALD, 2018) and Burnee Jargal (PIM & GDCM, 2018) are church planters in Mongolia.

For Mongolian students interested to be equipped at EAST, please email us at admissions at east.edu.sg for an online application link.