Horse racing and competitions at the annual horse-racing festival in Tagong in Sichuan, China

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Khampa herders and pastoralists display their speed and proficiency with horses during the horse racing festival in Tagong Some competitions involve the horsemen flailing from side to side touching the ground while racing in others the participant who collects the highest numbers of ribbons placed on the ground wins the competition Tagong is a town in the mountainous region of northwest Sichuan China which formerly was part of the Tibetan province of Kham

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Size: 5160px × 3397px
Location: Tagong, Sichuan, China
Photo credit: © Victor Paul Borg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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