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Tibet Tibet culturecultureFestivalsvLosar(TheTibetanNewYear)-藏历新年vLosar is celebrated for 15 days,with the main celebrations on the first three days.&It is the most important festival in Tibet.and there will be a week long drama andcarnivals,horse racesandarchery.Lamaistdevildance跳神会FestivalsThe Shoton festival (雪顿节/展佛节)It is also called the Yogurt Festival,happened on July 1st in the Tibetan calendar.The festival mainly consists of 3 parts-Great Buddha Display,Tibetan Opera Show and Horsemanship&Yak Race Show.In combination they represent the best of Tibetan religion,culture and tradition.GreatBuddhaDisplay(展佛展佛Washing FestivalWashing Festival沐浴节沐浴节 -July in the Tibetan calendarJuly in the Tibetan calendar Washing Festival lasts about a week.People go to the river to wash themselves and their clothes.Said to cure any sickness.FolkwaysvTibetans is an old and passionate ethnic minority.During the long history,Tibetans have formed their own customs and taboos.With unique culture and religion,Tibetans have different ways of behavior in many aspects.HowtobehaveinTibet?vAboutdailylifevTibetanpeopledonoteathorse,doganddonkeymeatandalsodonoteatfishinsomeareas,sopleaserespecttheirdiethabits.vPleasekeepquietonthetopofmountains.Itisbelievedthatloudnoisewillresultinheavysnow,stormsorhail.vDonotreceiveorgiveagiftwithonlyahand.Whilepresentingthegift,youshouldbendyourbodyforwardandholdthegifthigherthanyourheadwithbothhands.vWhen the host presents you a cup of wine;you should dip your ring finger in the wine and flick the wine into the sky,in the air and to the ground respectively to express your respects to the heaven,the earth and the ancestors before sipping the wine.The host will fill the cup,and you take a sip of the wine again.After the host fills your cup for the forth time,you have to bottom it up.Folkways-FuneralsFunerals vThe Tibetans have five ways of disposing of the dead bodies:v1)Water Burial;(水葬水葬)v2)Sky Burial;（天葬）（天葬）v3)Fire Burial;（火葬）（火葬）v4)Earth Burial;（土葬）（土葬）v5)Embalming（尸体防腐）（尸体防腐）Waterburial In the“water burial,”the body is dumped in a lake or another body of water.Fish sometimes eat the bodies which partly explains why Tibetan dont eat fish.SkyburialvSky burials”are the most common way of disposing of dead bodies in Tibet.vThe Tibetan believe that if the dead is fed to the vultures,his spirit will be carried skyward to heaven.vEnvironmentalists say that sky burials are good for the environment because no wood is burned,no water is fouled and no space is used up.