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To herd yaks or attend school?'

Updated: 2014-04-18 09:23 By Erik Nilsson (chinadaily.com.cn)
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To herd yaks or attend school?'
Break dancing has become a favorite pastime of nomadic Tibetan children in the remote grasslands of Qinghai province's Qumalai county. This improbable trend has arrived with television access. Kids say it's ideal for the sweeping prairies and locales with electricity shortages because it doesn't require music. [Photo by Erik Nilsson/chinadaily.com.cn] 
To herd yaks or attend school?'
Break dancing has become a favorite pastime of nomadic Tibetan children in the remote grasslands of Qinghai province's Qumalai county. This improbable trend has arrived with television access. Kids say it's ideal for the sweeping prairies and locales with electricity shortages because it doesn't require music. [Photo by Erik Nilsson/chinadaily.com.cn] 
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