The Tibetans celebrated their traditional Fairy Festival Saturday, also known as the "Women's Festival" in modern Tibet, when women treat themselves to go shopping, have magnificent food, and particularly, ask for money from men.

The Fairy Festival is celebrated on Oct. 15 in the Tibetan calendar, when various kinds of religious activities are held. On this day, girls and women can ask for money from any manthey meet, who has to be very generous with their money on this day so that they can be endorsed with good luck in the coming new year.

And in family, parents have to give money to children on this day as gifts to celebrate their plentiful harvest in autumn and the coming of a new year.

The Fairy Festival is believed to be a festival of women in Tibet, on which they are dressed up to make pilgrimages in temples, present Khadas to their respected angels, go shopping to buy new clothes and personal ornaments and ask for money from men to donate to the fairies.

According to the Tibetan calendar, Oct. 15 is the day symbolizing that the plateau welcomes its chilly winter. In cities like Lhasa, the professional women always asked their male colleagues or supervisors to treat them for a huge banquet. While women in the agricultural and pastoral areas always dressed up and go to temples for pilgrimages. They also treat themselves by buying new clothes and personal ornaments and a magnificent lunch.