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1. An ethnic Tibetan nomad woman stands with her Yak herd at their summer grazing area on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 24, 2015.

2. Award-winning Getty Images photographer Kevin Frayer has spent several
years documenting the daily lives of China's ethnic minorities such as
Kazakh Horsemen and Uighur Muslims. He visited a festival sponsored by
the local government in Yushu County, Qinghai, and documented Tibetan
nomads and their rapidly vanishing way of life.

3. A ethnic Tibetan nomad waters his horse while herding at his summer grazing area on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 24, 2015.

4. Tibetan Buddhist monks wash their clothing in a river at a monastery next to a government resettlement community in Yushu County

5. A former Tibetan nomad sits in the living room of her house in a government resettlement community

6. A former Tibetan nomad stands with her washing machine outside her home in a government resettlement community in Madou County

7. A young Buddhist novice monk stands with his yak herd at the family's nomadic summer grazing area on the Tibetan Plateau

8. Walls close in on Tibetan nomads promised better life

10. Tibetan Buddhist novice monk Thubten Tsering, who is from a former nomadic family, walks outside at a government resettlement community inYushu County

11. Ethnic Tibetans in traditional dress wait to perform at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China, on on July 25, 2015.

12. Ethnic Tibetans wearing traditional costume dance at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County on July 25, 2015.

13. An ethnic Tibetan girl plays as nomads watch traditional dancing on July 25, 2015 at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai,
China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

14. Ethnic Tibetan nomad children wear fancy dress as they watch a horse festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 26, 2015

15. Ethnic Tibetans dressed in yak costumes wait to perform at a festival in Yushu County

16. Ethnic Tibetan nomads wait to perform skills during a riding competition at a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 26, 2015.

17. An ethnic Tibetan nomad performs skills during a riding competition at a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 26, 2015.

18. Tibetan watch as nomads perform skills during a riding competition at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 26, 2015.

19. Tibetan Buddhist monks sit on a carousel at a local festival on July 26, 2015 on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

20. Two women and a boy are pictured at a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County

21. Young musicians wait to perform at a local government-sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau

22. Ethnic Tibetans wearing traditional costume dance at a local government-sponsored festival in Yushu County

23. Ethnic Tibetan nomads wearing traditional costume dance at a festival in Yushu County

24. A man smokes as he takes part in a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County

25. Tibetan women in traditional costume attend at a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County

26. A Tibetan nomad woman wears traditional jewellery in her hair during a riding competition at a festival in Yushu County

27. Tibetan nomads put up a string of Buddhist prayer flags near a government resettlement community on the Tibetan Plateau in Madou County, on July 24, 2015.

29. Former Tibetan nomad Kyipotsomo kisses her son Kunchok, 3 months, as father Jamyang Palden looks on as they sit in the living room of their house in a government
resettlement community on the Tibetan Plateau in Madou County, on July 23, 2015.

30. A Tibetan woman holds on to her hat in strong winds as she walks her daughter home from a Chinese government school in a resettlement community in Yushu County

31. An ethnic Tibetan nomad uses a prayer wheel at a festival in Yushu County

32. Ethnic Tibetan nomad Takpa has Buddhist mantras written by a traditional doctor on his face to help with his illness as he stands with his yak herd on the Tibetan Plateau in
Yushu County

33. A former Tibetan nomad sits in the living room of her house in a government resettlement community

34. Brothers pose together near Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at a local festival in Yushu County

35. A Tibetan girl walks amongst Buddhist prayer flags at a festival in Yushu County

36. An ethnic Tibetan nomads burn juniper as a ritual to cleanse his horse for good luck before racing at a local government sponsored festival on July 26, 2015 on the Tibetan
Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

37. A Tibetan Buddhist monk leaps as he
shoots a backet while playing
basketball with friends at a school in a
government resettlement community
for former nomads on July 23, 2015 on
the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County,
Qinghai, China.

38. An ethnic Tibetan woman
wears tradirional clothing on
July 24, 2015 at a local
government sponsored festival
on the Tibetan Plateau in
Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

39. A ethnic Tibetan nomad woman stands with her grandchildren at their summer grazing area on July 24, 2015 on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

40. Young Buddhist novice monks play at a Tibetan nomadic summer grazing area on July 24, 2015 on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

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