Zurgada reminisces how Ur Sar was celebrated in her childhood. On the eve of Ur Sar her family castrated lambs and marked their ears with special stamps. Each family had their own stamp. Then the ewes were separated from their lambs and milked. The lambs were kept on top of small hills where there was no grass. Since a sheep gives little milk, its milk was mixed with cow’s milk to make cheese. It was done as follows. The milk was poured into a pot and boiled. Then it was cooled and fermented with a dried lamb’s gallbladder. The pot was covered with a lid and left until the next day when Ur Sar was celebrated. On the day of Ur Sar, in the morning monks would come and set a fire in several places near the nomadic encampment, while feeding the fire with flour and salt. Then they blessed the livestock with incenses, milk and consecrated water. Four animals, including a camel, a horse, a sheep and a cow, were blessed. These blessed animals were meant to live their lives undisturbed and never get slaughtered for meat. While the monks blessed the animals, people from the nearby temple would bring the images of two Buddhist deities, Tsongkapa and Maitreya. These images were supposed to be brought on a white or a grey horse only. The images were put on the altar inside the household for the monks to read mantras. After blessing the four animals, the monks entered the household and read mantras. Then they were offered food, including the fresh cheese from the previous day, some meat, tea, dumplings etc. Then the monks would mount a cart sent from a neighboring encampment to perform the rituals there. In this way, the monks visited all the encampments. Zurgada says that in her childhood her sister would ask, ‘Did Tsongkapa arrive yet?’ thinking that this deity was a living man. Others would tease her by saying, ‘Someone who looks like Tsongkapa is pissing outside’ and everyone would laugh. Zurgada also says that during Ur Sar her family performed a ritual to appease the spiritual masters of land and water. The ritual was done on top of a small hill called Khar Tolga. There was a small hole where people set a fire, lit candles and incenses. Since she was not allowed to participate in this ritual nor to go up the hill, Zurgada does not know much about how this ritual was performed.