Jed Weingarten Photography // culture

Tibetan tents fill the valley at the 2008 Yushu Horse Festival, housing an estimated 40,000 people for the week-long festivities. Qinghai Province, China.

A Tibetan horseman taking his herd of yaks to a water hole. Qinghai Province, China.

Chinese soldiers keep a close eye on pilgrims walking kora around the Jokhang Temple during the Candle Festival. Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

A contestant at the Yushu Horse Festival races past the crowd. Qinghai Province, China.

A Tibetan woman spins her prayer wheel and says prayers in her tent on the Tibetan Plateau. Qinghai, China.

A monk spinning prayer wheels while he walks kora, a clockwise circumambulation, at the Potala. Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Nomadic Tibetan women walking in front of Mt. Kailas, the sacred source of four major Himalayan rivers. Ngari, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Stars dot the night sky above the north face of Mt. Kailas while prayer flags flutter in the breeze below. Ngari, Tibet Tibet Autonomous Region, China.