Tibetans usher in New Year

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Source: CCTV.com | 02-26-2009 09:18

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Ethnic Tibetans in China are celebrating their most important holiday -- the Tibetan New Year, or Losar.

Many Tibetans pray in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa  on the first day of the Tibetan New Year, which falls on  February 25 this year. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/ Xu Liuliu]

Basang is a Lhasa resident and a father of three. Providing for his family in the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region means he needs to work hard to earn enough money.

And he has done just that. Making use of his second-hand jeep, he became a tourist guide a few years ago. Although his business is not thriving he makes enough income to live a comfortable life and send his children to college.

Before the Tibetan New Year his family does what every other Tibetan does they purchase goods and make a delicious New Year's dinner.

Tibetan cuisine is essential during the Tibetan New Year. Here the family is wrapping fillings inside a kind of dough called barley flour.