Tsagaan Sar 2024 - Year of the Dragon (#1)

Mongolian Tsagaan Sar, the Lunar New Year Festival for the Year of the Dragon, was just celebrated in Arlington. Much of our County's large Mongolian community lives in the Columbia Pike corridor.

The gathering features Mongolian foods, dance, traditional wrestling (a national sport), costumes, music, and pageantry from Mongolian lore. Particular respect is paid to the elders of the community.

There will be additional celebrations of the festival in the community, which we will also be documenting.

Thank you to Ganna Gankhuyag Natsag, the Cultural Envoy of Mongolia.

Photography by Lloyd Wolf.