horse racing festival

Previously the Horse-racing festival of Litang were held in the huge grassland some 5 or 7 km south of downtown of Litang. This year of 2012, the festival shall be organized by local villagers and the field of this festival will be happened on the grassland a little above Litang monastery on the north slope of the mountains. It is about 20 – 30 minutes walk to town of Litang.

The image on the right is a group of Tibetan women dancing at previous Litang Horse-Racing Festival