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Horse Race

Another winner from the Aba Prefecture horse race. The man on the right is the horse’s owner, and the jockey is his son.

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Mehla

Kids

Most nomad children don’t like to wear their clothes when they play on sunny days. The two boys are real brothers and she is their cousin, but would be called their sister. She is using a Tibetan robe as her cushion and is interested in their games.

Photographer: 
Mehla

Woman and Child

Tsojyi sits next to her stove with her little niece tied in her apron. They are waiting for the tea to boil.

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Mehla

Kids

My nephew and niece play a game at the door of our tent.

Photographer: 
Mehla

Child

Joudanjie is one year and eight months old. She is growing up in a nomadic family in this black tent. She is the youngest child and only daughter in her family. She is cared for by her grandmother, because her parents are busy and they have no time to take care of her well. So she left her mother when she was three months old. She likes to play games near the tent. She is happy wearing her new dress.

Photographer: 
Mehla

Making Butter

My mother Suglo is fifty-four years old. She makes female yak butter every afternoon because we need the pot for pouring cream into the next day. She said that churning butter makes her hands tired during hot days, because on sunny days the cream becomes warm, and is more difficult to churn.

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Mehla

Catching Zomo

My family members catch our zomo (female yak-cow hybrids). They tie a piece of red cloth around each animal's neck which makes it is easier to find livestock if they get lost or mix with other families’ herds.

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Mehla

Horse Race

This is the second place prize winner of the Aba Prefecture horse race.

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Mehla

Horse Race

A prize winner at the Aba Prefecture Horse Race. 

Photographer: 
Mehla

Boy Studying

This is a boy from my village. He is an orphan and he is living with his uncle. His mother died while giving birth last year and his father died in a motorcycle accident seven years ago. He is sitting under a light powered by a new solar panel, writing his homework. I managed this solar panel project, and it was very successful.

Photographer: 
Mehla