0133 - Tibetan People In Southwest ... Celebrate Additional Gathering. Tibe...Front

Tibetan People In Southwest ... Celebrate Additional Gathering. Tibetan people in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, southwest China, held a traditional ... at Paoma (Horse Race) Hill recently in commemoration of the founder of Buddhism - Sakyamuni ... C.565--486. The gathering which falls on the 8th of the fourth ... by the lunar calendar has a history of more than... years. The fourth month in Tibetan language means good occasion in which all things on earth are... Tibetans held the activities to usher in a ... harvest and bring a good luck as well. At this year's gathering, Tibetans and the people of ... nationalities in their holiday best did shopping, ... picknicking and gave song and dance performances. Paoma Hill a scene of jubilation.