A local villager holds Qiema, a two-tier rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley and food prepared with butter, parched barley meal and sugar, to welcome guests in Gaba Village in east Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on February 25, 2009. Local villagers here on Wednesday sung and danced with traditional custom to celebrate the Earth Ox Tibetan New Year. Tibetans across China are celebrating the 50th Tibetan New Year after the Democratic Reform with their old traditions. [Xinhua]

An actor prinks before Tibetan traditional performance to celebrate the Tibetan New Year in Longwangtan Park in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on February 25, 2009. Local citizens here on Wednesday sung and danced with traditional custom to celebrate the Earth Ox Tibetan New Year. Tibetans across China are celebrating the 50th Tibetan New Year after the Democratic Reform with their old traditions. [Xinhua]