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Potala Palace welcomes Tibetans New Year
2009-02-25 10:01:00 | by: kristen zhang | From: China Tibet Information Center
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Some Tibetans with traditional costumes are passing by the charming Potala Palace, decorated by chemar(a box containing colorful barley), flowers, Tibetan and Chinese banners on Tibetan New Year Eve, photo from Xinhua, February 24.

The chemar in front of the Potala Palace, photo from Xinhua, February 24.

(Translator & editor: kristen zhang)
  
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