For several years, the traditional holiday month of the White-New Year of the lunar calendar - "Sagaalgan", has been celebrated in the Moscow International House of Music.
This year's celebrations were also devoted to the 350th anniversary of Buryatia becoming part of Russia. This was the theme of the opening remarks made by A.A. Lekhatinov, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Buryatia and B.K. Bokov, the Deputy Head of Interregional Cooperation on National Policy and Relations with Religious Organizations in the City of Moscow.
The concert program included a number of pleasant surprises: the Urakshaa Theater Studio’s "ethnic group" Namgar, performance of the People's Artist of the USSR, G.S. Dagbaevoy, singers from the musical theater, S.N. Danchenko, Elena and Genghis Ayusheevy, and many others.
The organizers of the celebration were the Department of Interregional Cooperation on National Policy and Relations with Religious Organizations in the City of Moscow, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Buryatia of the Russian President, the Religious NGO " Uryaal Society of Buryat Culture” and the Fund for the Protection of Lake Baikal, whose stand was located in the foyer of the House of Music.
At the stand of the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal, people had access to various publications on the results of the "Mir Subs on Lake Baikal” International Research Expedition.
The event was attended by the Executive Director of the Fund, R.N. Afonin, and Deputy Director I. Y. Krylova.