Hi
The Chandmani-Öndör Naadam festival is performed once in a few years.
The next celebration will hopefully take place in August 2013,
and not in 2012 as some expected.
This unique festival is to commemorate "Alan Gua" (Mongolian: Алун гуа). She is the mother of five boys, ten generations before Chinggis Khaan, who are believed to be the originators of the main Mongol clans who united under Chinggis Khaan to create the Mongol people.
This post is in reply to many emails I have received asking about this event, and in reply to the Chandman Ondor thread on LP.
Dan
