Litang Horse Festival
litang horse festival summer horse festival held litang county sichuan province china khampas tibetan plateau come trade celebrate ride khampas tibetan nomad usually herder festival normally held first week august festival horsemanship display horse race held using tibetan pony small fast horse raced shown determine owns best horse horse festival significant help establish socioeconomic hierarchy amongst khampas participate much honor prestige accrues khampa owns best horse large tourism business built adventure trip tour provided company cater individual interested horse horsemanship company take group tourist throughout different tibetan village hosting horse festival benefit nomad economy well rest china down james origin spread riding near east central asia american anthropologist horse racing fair archery festival tibet tour information race horse tour video horse race photo horse race