Bathing Festival
Tibetan is called "Karma Hiyoshi" (bath), the festival is unique to the Tibetan people. Tibetan calendar every year 6 to 12 July was held, which lasted 7 days, also known as "bath Week." According to legend, long time ago, a rare occurrence of plague Tibetan Plateau, a large number of livestock deaths. Merciful Goddess of Mercy School fairies to fetch from a pool of seven bottles Yuye spunk-water, pour all the rivers in Tibet. That night, the people are in a dream saw a pale and thin, the girl jumped over the body traumata clean water bath, no sick, according to people face. Since then, the annual late summer early autumn, when the "Karma Magee Day" (Venus) appears seven days, urban, rural and pastoral areas of the whole family young and old, have moved to river, lake, river, creek, put up tents, Wai on the curtain, covered with mats, playing in the water swimming. Women bathing in the water with impunity. Outside a family picnic at noon, highland barley wine and delicious mellow taste of butter tea. Out of every sunrise, sunset and go, enjoy this annual festival to celebrate. |