Extreme Winter In Mongolia

Once a year, people across Mongolia hold a festival on the ice to celebrate the end of the harsh winter.
Extreme winter in Mongolia
The land of "endless blue sky" is a popular Mongolian nickname. In winter, the weather can be harsh because Siberian winds blowing from the north bring cold air, causing the temperature to drop to -40 degrees Celsius.
Leaving the capital city of Ulaanbaatar crowded with vehicles, where more than 1.5 million Mongolians live, you will feel on your way to another planet

. On the outskirts of the country's largest city, apartment buildings and factories quickly retreated, giving way to a desert stretching to the horizon.
Families here live in a "semi-nomadic" style, bringing horses and cattle to eat in fertile meadows, while maintaining a life near a village to help each other when needed. In winter, they choose a quiet place in the valley or near a hill to set up a tent The Mongolian nomadic lifestyle is associated with the "ger", the circular, warm mobile house inside thanks to the central fire.



Ger is suitable for a group of five living, can assemble in one hour. This helps families move quickly and regularly according to the feeding needs of the cattle.
Horses are an indispensable part of the Mongol life. The horses lived in herds, freely moving between the grasslands instead of living in layers of fences and barns. In the harsh winter, people are most concerned with the survival of the animals. Currently, Mongolia faces a shortage of grass for herds due to the dry summers and longer icy winters than usual.
Despite facing many difficulties, people still seek to honor winter and celebrate because they are still alive In March, when spring begins, Mongol people from all over come to Lake Khövsgöl to celebrate a two-day ice festival.



The road to this area is not easy because there are few access roads, most of them are bumpy and there are no signs. Families carry a jug of tsai (a mix of milk, water, black or green tea and salt), a bag of khuushuur (a hot fried meat pie) and gather together on the frozen lake to celebrate. end of the most extreme time of the year.
Located in northern Mongolia, near the Russian border, Khövsgöl is the largest freshwater lake in the country, with an area of about 2,620 square kilometers and the deepest point reaching 244 meters. The water is crystal clear, so the lake is also known as the "green pearl of Mongolia". At least 6 months of the year, the lake surface becomes a layer of ice several meters thick, allowing humans and livestock to walk around. Before starting life on the ice, the inhabitants of Khövsgöl lake had to climb to the top of the sacred rock to pay homage to the god in charge of this place. Only when the gods accept it, they think, can people walk safely on the ice.




In the morning, throughout space was the sound of cracking. The ice melts as the temperature rises during the day and then cools again when the sun goes down. This cycle creates cracks in various shapes on the surface of the lake.
In recent years, the Khövsgöl ice festival has gradually attracted the attention of international visitors. On the first day, horse-drawn carriages ran across the frozen lake, and residents and tourists competed in traditional games such as archery and tug of war. The second day is devoted to larger competitions such as horse-drawn racing and ice sculpture.
Mongolians and tourists from different provinces, tribes, ethnicities and religions, all in ger shelters set up around Lake Khövsgöl, celebrate and pay homage to Mother Nature. helped them converge.



Despite the difficulties encountered during winter, everyone's mood at the festival was filled with joy. At night, before the magi summoned the crowd at the main campfire, people gathered at the dining tables with snacks such as aaruul (dry cheese) or boortsog (fried dough).
According to Khanh Tran / Vnexpress
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