People light lamps during the Butter Lamp Festival, to commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism, in Kangding of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The Butter Lamp Festival, known as the day of the Ganden Nagchu in Tibet, falls on the 25th of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. Tibetan pilgrims adhere to the tradition to light butter lamps and pray for a good fortune on the annual Buddhist event. (Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP Photo)
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