Theatre "Baikal" with its audiences annually meets the most long-awaited, the most beloved holiday in Buryatia - "Sagaalgan, The White Month"!. At these days it is usual to make visits and have guests, make offerings to the gods, observe a special ethic in relations with each other. At the days of Sagaalgan it was necessary to play traditional games, - "Shagai naadan", "hare shaalga", "Duu andaldaan".
 
Buryats from the earliest times were revering two holidays. Summer holiday - Surkharban, a holiday when fastest and strongest athletes compete in traditional Buryatian sports: Archery, Wrestling and Horse Racing. And the Winter holiday - when we meet the New Year, according to the Lunar calendar.
 
Holiday of the White Month is a holiday of white food and pure thoughts. The time when people put in order their houses and thoughts, when disputes calm down, the time to forgive all offenses. According to old traditions, it is believed that only good attitude and love will advance deeds of yours and your loved ones.
 
"Sagaalganay Uulzalga" or The Meeting of the White month is undoubtedly one of the most revered traditions of the theater "Baikal". The theater, whose mission is to present the centuries-old traditions of the Buryat people, at these days greets guests, who are dear to the heart, with all its glory and power.
 
The theater preserved and restored in its repertoire unique performances: songs and melodies, that represent the rich spiritual world of the people that populate our republic. The traditional big festival program "Sagaalganay Uulzalga" is shown for audiences, guests of the capital on the best stages of the city.