Tibetan couple making auspicious "Chemar" boxes on New Year's Eve

Xu Leiying China Plus Published: 2017-02-26 21:24:33
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A Tibetan couple making Chemar on Tibetan New Year's Eve, in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. Chemar are richly decorated wooden boxes containing the traditional Tibetan food Tsampa, which is made of roasted barley flour, and roasted barley seeds. Tibetan people traditionally visit friends and neighbors in the first day of New Year with Chemar. [Photo: China Plus/ Xu Leiying]

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