Prayer flags and banners are seen on a hill on the occasion marking the annual Sakadawa Festival in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 15, 2011. The month-long Sakadawa Festival, which starts on the First Day of the Fourth Month of the Tibetan Calendar, is celebrated by Tibetan Buddhists to commemorate Sakyamuni's birth, enlightenment and death. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
A Tibetan Buddhist lights butter lamps on the occasion marking the annual Sakadawa Festival in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 15, 2011. The month-long Sakadawa Festival, which starts on the First Day of the Fourth Month of the Tibetan Calendar, is celebrated by Tibetan Buddhists to commemorate Sakyamuni's birth, enlightenment and death. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
Tibetan Buddhists burn aromatic plant for smoke on the occasion marking the annual Sakadawa Festival in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 15, 2011. The month-long Sakadawa Festival, which starts on the First Day of the Fourth Month of the Tibetan Calendar, is celebrated by Tibetan Buddhists to commemorate Sakyamuni's birth, enlightenment and death. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
