Australia’s Mongolian community is gearing up to celebrate Tsagaan Sar, its Lunar New Year, which is a time for honouring elders and enjoying hard-to-find traditional delicacies.

The Mongolian traditions include food and gifts as well. The month is called Tsagaan Sar, or "White Month." It's a time to honor happiness and purity. There's an emphasis on health too.

Tibet’s ‘Losar’ and Mongolia’s ‘Tsagaan Sar’ In Tibet and parts of India with significant Tibetan Buddhist communities, Losar, which translates to the new year on the Tibetan lunisolar ...

The Tsagaan Sar celebration sees Mongolians herald the end of a harsh Winter with gifts, love and ceremony. Tsagaan Sar is one the most popular traditional festivities in Mongolia to celebrate the ...

A total of 11 people were killed and 41 others injured in road accidents in Mongolia in five days, the country's ...

Despite the importance of the holiday to the Mongolian people, there is broad support for the government’s decision to suspend celebrations.

"More than 50 percent of the nation's 11 traffic fatalities occurred in rural areas during the five-day holidays of the Mongolian Lunar New Year, commonly known as Tsagaan Sar or the White Moon ...