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Tibetan farmers enjoy Onkor festival

By Tang Yue and Li Zhou in Lhasa | China Daily | Updated: 2013-07-20 07:20

How do the farmers in the Tibet autonomous region prepare for harvest? They pray and have fun during the Onkor Festival that lasts for three to five days before the heavy work.

The specific dates of the festival, which is only second to the Tibetan spring festival for the farmers, vary from place to place depending on when the crops that are ready for harvest.

In Doilungdeqen county to the south of Lhasa, this year's three-day celebration started on Wednesday as the barley was ready for harvest.

Tibetan farmers enjoy Onkor festival

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