PHOTOS FROM A HORSE RACE ON THE SANKE GRASSLANDS NEAR LABRANG, AMDO, N.E. TIBET (IN THE SOUTH OF CHINA'S GANSU PROVINCE) August 1989

Tent

Nomad children

A gaggle of pigtails!

Typical nomad headress in Amdo

Horsemanship

Amdo woman

Spectators arrive

Amdo boy with umbrella

Horse

Family group watches the horse race

Tented encampment

Spectators watch the horse race from a bus