Mongolian Birthday Custom

Birthday is a celebration ceremony held by Mongolian people for the elderly. The Mongolian birthday ceremony and the celebration of this Gregorian calendar year are only held when they are old. Birthdays are usually celebrated at the age of 60, 70, 80 and 90. However, when parents are alive, children and grandchildren are not allowed to celebrate their birthdays even if they are seventy or eighty years old. The twenty-five, thirty-seven, thirty and forty-nine years of this calendar year are not very lively, but after sixty-one, seventy-three and eighty-five, it is another matter. People who celebrate their birthdays this year generally don't celebrate their birthdays. The Mongolian elderly in Bahrain, who are over 95 years old, will not be counted as ages, nor will they be centenarians.

Birthdays and calendar years are usually in the first month. As long as there is a family to celebrate the birthday of the elderly, the children of the host family will prepare a banquet from the end of the year. On the first day of junior high school, I began to welcome guests who came to celebrate their birthdays. Some people choose an auspicious day and then inform villagers, friends and relatives.

The birthday ceremony is relatively simple. During the dinner, the guests toasted the old man, presented Hada and presented gifts. The four, six and eight bowls of toast are called "Zhu Lai" in Mongolian. Then bow to the host and thank him for his hospitality. Birthday gifts usually include: horses, cows, sheep or sheep, fur robes, cotton robes, robes, boots, cigarettes, wallets, money and so on. Gifts generally account for "three" numbers. After the birthday, the birthday guests can't go home empty-handed, and the host family should give back cigarettes, wallets, towels and so on. If you are a child, send moon cakes or one or two yuan of pocket money.