A Tibetan girl wearing traditional dress holds a long haired sheep.Pilgrims pray at Zhana Monastery near Yushou in Qinghai Province China.A Tibetan nomad boy uses a sling shot to get the attention of a herd of yak.A family visiting Drepung Monastery seem transfixed by the wonder of it all.Prayerflags on a mountain top in Quinghai Province, China. About 11,000 feet in altitude.A young Khampa man in his best outfit. The Khampa are tall and muscular. And they are fierce warriors. Oh, yes. Handsome, too!Khampa men relaxing in Yushou, Quinghai Province. They like to wear fedoras and cowboy hats as do many Tibetans and Ladakhis.Close up of prayer flags on a mountain top.A Tibetan mare with her foal.In a small town called 'Hot Springs" in English,  I met this young monk.A woman makes an offering of cedar branches sprinkled with barley flour. She casts it into the fire behind her as she says her prayer.Tibetans came from long distances to attend this festival in Yushou. I think it has been somewhat 'civilized' by the authorities nowadays.A Tibetan family enjoys a picnic at the Festival at YushouPrayer flags with sheepTibetan tents for visitors to the festival. These are owned by the families not the festival.Women pilgrims at Zhana Monastery. They walk around the monastery going in a clockwise route spinning their prayer wheels.Wrestlers at the festival in Yushou.A woman and her yak walk along the shores of Lake Quinghai.
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A Tibetan girl wearing traditional dress holds a long haired sheep.