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DEMOCRACY SONG AWARDED STATE PRIZE
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The President Ts.Elbegdorj on December 10 gave the State Prize to the "Sound of the Bell" song.
The award was handed to the family of late S.Tsogtsaikhan who created melody and the lyrics of the song and sang it himself in 1989. "The 'Sound of the Bell' touched the hearts of Mongolians, this was a wake-up call to the nation urging them to undertake dramatic political actions. It has not lost its significance yet," said the President.
Present at the ceremony were Tsogtsaikhan’s spouse N.Natasha and his co-singer N.Enkhbayar.