Tibetan Chinese pilgrims and monks pray at the Labrang Monastery in a Tibetan area of China, Xiahe

A goat eats a glove worn by a worshipper at the Labrang Monastery, the largest Tibetan monastery outside of Lhasa, prior to the Tibetan Monlam Festival in Xiahe, Gansu Province on the Tibetan plateau, February 2, 2012. Tens of thousands of Tibetans are celebrating the Tibetan New Year by making their way to this town and its Labrang Monastery, whose separation from the Tibetan Autonomous Region provides a measure of protection from Han Chinese attempts to regulate their culture. UPI/Stephen Shaver