Ur Sar is celebrated as follows. People come to the local Orgakinskiy temple in groups. All in all, there are 7 clans in that place. These clans come to the temple one by one on designated days to celebrate the holiday. At the temple the lama reads prayers for the ancestors of each clan. Then the elders of each clan perform fire rituals by putting food offerings (milk, yoghurt, pancakes, and red wine) on a fire. Then all the clans celebrate the holiday together in the village centre. The celebration includes competitions in wrestling, archery and a horse race. The winners are presented with sheep and other valuable prizes. People celebrate Ur Sar to mark the successful end of winter. According to traditional understanding, spring starts when Tsagan Sar finishes. This is a time when the nomads move to new pasturelands. In the past when the Kalmyks lived in yurts, they disassembled their yurts and offered food to a fire before leaving their winter places. By driving their carts and livestock past that fire they purified their possessions.