What are the customs of Mongolian birthday ceremony?
Birthday ceremony for the elderly:
Mongolian birthday ceremonies are usually held at 60, 70, 80 and 90 o'clock, and this year's date is generally in the first month.
Others set another auspicious day. The guests poured wine for the old man, presented Hada and presented gifts. Birthday gifts are more expensive, mainly horses, cows, sheep or sheep, as well as leather, cotton, various robes and boots. The birthday party was grand and warm. We should always pour wine and toast to wish the old people happiness and longevity. After your birthday, you can't go home empty-handed. Host families should return towels, wallets or give children food and pocket money.
Process:
The activities to celebrate "Longevity" and "Animal Year" are basically the same.
1. First, the children discuss celebrating the birthday of the elderly. With the consent of the old man, go to the temple and ask the Lama or fortune teller to choose an auspicious day, mostly in the first month.
2. After the date is confirmed, send a message to relatives, friends and villagers.
3. The notified person arrives on time, presents birthday gifts, and accepts the blessings of the long-lived elderly.
4. The types of gifts are usually Hada, wine, whole sheep (live sheep are also acceptable), robes, jackets or cushions. While accepting gifts, the old people put in a good word for their blessings according to everyone's characteristics and actual situation. Sometimes they say, "You live as long as I do, over a hundred years old."
Before the birthday party, relatives, friends, brothers, sisters and children called the long-lived old people to the upper level. The older generation stayed with each other, and the others sat down in turn.
6. Children first toast the old people with silver bowls, and some even offer fresh milk tea to celebrate their birthdays.
7. Others also drank to the old people's birthdays. Longevity old people also poured wine to thank relatives and friends, and wished them a safe and long life. The wine bowls and glasses were handed over by their children.
8. The people who received the old man's blessing were in high spirits and extremely happy, which made the old man very happy.
9. The birthday party was held in a happy atmosphere. Everyone drinks milk tea and wine, eats hand-grabbed meat (in the past, the birthday party of the elderly was always a whole sheep mat, mostly hand-grabbed meat), and sings and toasts to add to the fun, so that the long-lived elderly people feel happy and happy.
/kloc-After 0/0' s birthday, birthday guests can't go back empty-handed. The host family should give back some gifts, such as candy, moon cakes or one or two yuan if they are children.