Harvest Festival in Tibet

Festivals have always been an important part in Tibetan ethnic culture. People in Tibet find reasons to celebrate something almost every month. As the autumn approaches in Tibet area, it enters into the harvest season. You can see farmers are busy with harvesting in the lands everywhere. Besides, the modern machines also join into the farmer work, so naturally there is a festival to celebrate for Tibetan people. Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency in Tibet，today introduces Tibet Harvest Festival to you.

Harvest Festival is usually celebrated at the end of the seventh Tibetan month when crops ripen, but before peasants begin to reap their crops. The festival is only celebrated in farming village, some rural area of Tibet. During that time, people will enjoy the horse racing games, costume fashion show, songs and dance archery and picnic etc.
Tibet Harvest Festival has over 3,500 years. For Tibetans, highland barley is the main food crop of Tibet, it has a capability of adapting to harsh environment of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the highland barley become the mainly grain crop in Tibet. During the break, Tibetan people will walk around to fields to bless for a harvest year, and they would sit around highland barley enjoy newly brewed highland barley wine. Besides, they will worship the heaven and earth for a prosperous coming year and toasting each other, to celebrate the good harvest of this year.
During the Harvest season, Singing, dancing and horseracing are indispensible activities. Then will eat some food made from fried and ground highland barley, such as Tsampa, the staple food loved by Tibetans. Besides, they will drink some highland barley wine, which is the most welcomed and common drink in Tibet. Further more, the straws of highland barley are also fine forage grasses for livestock. During the Tibetan New Year, or Losar, dyed highland barley ears are also the important decorations of the festival.
Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency in Tibet , offer earnest invitation to you to Tibet.