Tibetans start New Year celebrations

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Source: CCTV.com | 02-25-2009 09:38

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Tibetans have started to celebrate their New Year holiday on the eve of the Tibetan New Year. Families are gathering together to enjoy traditional feasts.

Tibetans have started to celebrate their New Year holiday  on the eve of the Tibetan New Year. Families are gathering  together to enjoy traditional feasts.

Firecrackers are ready to welcome the New Year.

Eating "Gutu" during the New Year's eve banquet is another Tibetan tradition.

"Gutu" is made of wheat flour. Tibetans wrap things in the Gutu, such as beans, salt, coins and even goats' hair - all have different meanings.

A Lhasa resident said, "What I have here is goat hair being rolled inside the Gutu, which implies the accumulation of wealth. It's a good sign."