Litang Horse Racing Festival 20180803_204143

Litang Horse Racing Festival

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August 3rd 2018
Hi All. Had to wait a week for the horse festival but boy was it worth it, a real Tibetan experience. The horse racing ground is about 5 kms outside of the city and easy to get to. Just follow the mass exodus. They don't seem to race the horses but gallop up and down the fields doing extravagant moves like leaning right off their horses to touch the ground or to pick up lengths of cloth which ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more