Tibetan people "worship water" for good luck
A Tibetan woman prays during the water worshipping festival. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tibetan people in Bazangcounty, Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Gansu province held the annual water worshiping activity on June 9 to pray for happiness and celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, Xinhua reported.
The Tibetan ethnic custom of worshipping water takes place on May 5 in the Chinese lunar calendar every year.
Tibetan people climb up the Angrang Mountain which is 3,000 meters above the sea level, to pray around a waterfall, and scatter colored paper which symbolizes good luck, and the activity is believed to bring about wellbeing and good fortune.
Tibetan people scatter colored paper to bring about happiness and good fortune. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tibetan people pray by a water fall during the water worshipping festival. [Photo/Xinhua]
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