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Olzyata Badmaeva, Zul


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Churyumova, Elvira 
Seleeva, Tsagan 

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Zul is the birthday of the lama Tsongkapa and of all people. It is believed that 7 days after Zul, the Master of the Year migrates. During this period, it is forbidden to take out ashes from the stove, let alone rubbish. Men are not supposed to leave home. People prepare birthday candles before Zul. The number of grass stems in the candles should be equal to the years one has lived plus 1 or 2 stems. Celebratory meal includes porridge, bulmg, tea and biscuits. A prayer uttered at Zul is as follows: ‘Oh, great gods, the old year is leaving us and the new year is coming/ Let all our years be long and healthy/ Let Tsongkapa bless our years’.

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Zul, lama, master, well-wish, birthday, candles

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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.

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