October 18, 2008

China Tibet Tourism-Introduction-Festival-16


Tibetans enjoy Ongkor Festival

*Women of Xinba village are dancing on farmland, photo taken on July 14, Xinhua.
*Villagers of Xinba village enjoy Ongkor Festival, photo taken on July 14, Xinhua.Ongkor Festival in Tibetan is to wish for a bumper harvest. The date of Ongkor Festival is not a fixed one, but it is decided according to the time when the Qingke (a kind of highland barley) ripens in each village. The Ongkor Festival, which lasts three days and will be celebrated a few days before the harvest, we will see all the villagers, men and women, young and old, put on their best holiday clothes. After the Ongkor Festival, locals will start their intense autumn harvest.

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