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Women's Day on 24 November 2007

Today is the Women's Day in Tibet, hard to explain everything in English, but if you are men, you'll probably be asked for some money by ladies, Tibetan think that if a man doesn't give money to a lady, the man will be very bad luck.Just on today! Also,... ...full story at Lonely Planet

from Lonely Planet on Fri, Nov 23 2007

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