Murdorj, L. Symphony No.3 'A Folk Festival' 2nd mov.

This symphony discribes a Mongolian traditional festival or "Naadam". Murdorj played an important role in the renaissance of Mongolian traditional music. Meanwhile, he attended to establish new nationalistic music in Mongolia. After he made Symphony No.1 "Motherland" which is based on Mongolian folk melodies, he composed a nationalistic symphony by discribing Mongolian culture.
Mongolian archery is unique for having not only one target, but hundreds of beadrs or surs on a huge wall. In this competition both men and women participate. It is played by ten-men/women teams who are given four arrows each; the team has to hit 33 "surs". Men fire their arrows from 75 meters away while women fire theirs from 65 meters away. When the archer hits the target the judge says uuhai which means "hooray". The winners of the contest are granted the titles of "national marksman" and "national markswoman".