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An ethnic Tibetan nomad woman stands with her Yak herd at their summer grazing area on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 24, 2015.

Award-winning Getty Images photographerKevin Frayer has spent several years documenting the daily lives of China's ethnic minorities such as Kazakh HorsemenandUighur Muslims. He visited a festival sponsored by the local government in Yushu County, Qinghai, and documented Tibetan nomads and their rapidly vanishing way of life.

A ethnic Tibetan nomad waters his horse while herding at his summer grazing area on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 24, 2015.

Tibetan Buddhist monks wash their clothing in a river at a monastery next to a government resettlement community in Yushu County

A former Tibetan nomad sits in the living room of her house in a government resettlement community

A former Tibetan nomad stands with her washing machine outside her home in a government resettlement community in Madou County

A young Buddhist novice monk stands with his yak herd at the family's nomadic summer grazing area on the Tibetan Plateau

Walls close in on Tibetan nomads promised better life

Tibetan Buddhist novice monk Thubten Tsering, who is from a former nomadic family, walks outside at a government resettlement community in Yushu County

Ethnic Tibetans in traditional dress wait to perform at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China, on on July 25, 2015.

Ethnic Tibetans wearing traditional costume dance at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County on July 25, 2015.

An ethnic Tibetan girl plays as nomads watch traditional dancing on July 25, 2015 at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Ethnic Tibetan nomad children wear fancy dress as they watch a horse festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 26, 2015

Ethnic Tibetans dressed in yak costumes wait to perform at a festival in Yushu County

Ethnic Tibetan nomads wait to perform skills during a riding competition at a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 26, 2015.

An ethnic Tibetan nomad performs skills during a riding competition at a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 26, 2015.

Tibetan watch as nomads perform skills during a riding competition at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, on July 26, 2015.

Tibetan Buddhist monks sit on a carousel at a local festival on July 26, 2015 on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

Two women and a boy are pictured at a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County

Young musicians wait to perform at a local government-sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau

Ethnic Tibetans wearing traditional costume dance at a local government-sponsored festival in Yushu County

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Ethnic Tibetan nomads wearing traditional costume dance at a festival in Yushu County

A man smokes as he takes part in a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County

Tibetan women in traditional costume attend at a local festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County

A Tibetan nomad woman wears traditional jewellery in her hair during a riding competition at a festival in Yushu County

Tibetan nomads put up a string of Buddhist prayer flags near a government resettlement community on the Tibetan Plateau in Madou County, on July 24, 2015.

Former Tibetan nomad Kyipotsomo kisses her son Kunchok, 3 months, as father Jamyang Palden looks on as they sit in the living room of their house in a government resettlement community on the Tibetan Plateau in Madou County, on July 23, 2015.

A Tibetan woman holds on to her hat in strong winds as she walks her daughter home from a Chinese government school in a resettlement community in Yushu County

An ethnic Tibetan nomad uses a prayer wheel at a festival in Yushu County

Ethnic Tibetan nomad Takpa has Buddhist mantras written by a traditional doctor on his face to help with his illness as he stands with his yak herd on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County

A former Tibetan nomad sits in the living room of her house in a government resettlement community

Brothers pose together near Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at a local festival in Yushu County

A Tibetan girl walks amongst Buddhist prayer flags at a festival in Yushu County

An ethnic Tibetan nomads burn juniper as a ritual to cleanse his horse for good luck before racing at a local government sponsored festival on July 26, 2015 on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

A Tibetan Buddhist monk leaps as he shoots a backet while playing basketball with friends at a school in a government resettlement community for former nomads on July 23, 2015 on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

An ethnic Tibetan woman wears tradirional clothing on July 24, 2015 at a local government sponsored festival on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

A ethnic Tibetan nomad woman stands with her grandchildren at their summer grazing area on July 24, 2015 on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

Young Buddhist novice monks play at a Tibetan nomadic summer grazing area on July 24, 2015 on the Tibetan Plateau in Yushu County, Qinghai, China.

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