Tibetan farmers pray for good harvest at Ongkor Festival prayer ceremony

Farmers in holiday array attend an Ongkor Festival prayer ceremony in Gonggar County, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, July 10, 2013.

Farmers of the Tibetan ethnic group pray for good harvests during the annual Ongkor Festival, or Bumper Harvest Festival. In doing so, the farmers walk around crop fields in praying processions led by Buddhist lamas and elder members of the community. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Purbu Zhaxi>

Farmers in holiday array attend an Ongkor Festival prayer ceremony in Gonggar County, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, July 10, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Purbu Zhaxi>

Farmers in holiday array watch performance during an Ongkor Festival prayer ceremony in Gonggar County, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, July 10, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Purbu Zhaxi>