Zurgada reminisces that when she was a girl the Kalmyks prepared for both Zul and Tsagan Sar in advance. During these holidays people invited each other into their homes. It was important to pay a visit to one’s parents-in-laws. The elderly women were given biscuits and nutmeg as a gift. Children were also given biscuits, which they would bring home and then go out to get more.