Tibet holds spring farming ceremony
Farmers hold a ceremony to mark the start of spring farming in Lhasa, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2016. The day, Feb 8 in the Tibetan calendar, is said to be an auspicious time for starting agricultural work. In the ceremony, farmers threw tsamba, the basic food of Tibetans into the air, ploughed the field with a tractor and performed other rituals to pray for a good harvest. (Photo: China News Service/Li Lin)
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Farmers hold a ceremony to mark the start of spring farming in Lhasa, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2016. The day, Feb 8 in the Tibetan calendar, is said to be an auspicious time for starting agricultural work. In the ceremony, farmers threw tsamba, the basic food of Tibetans into the air, ploughed the field with a tractor and performed other rituals to pray for a good harvest. (Photo: China News Service/Li Lin)