World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 64

Most Tibetans like to drink, and they are often accompanied by wine songs when drinking.If relatives are reunited or VIPs come to visit, it is even more necessary to sing and dance while drinking.

There is a custom among Tibetans that three cups of highland barley wine are toasted to guests when they arrive home.If you don't know how to drink, dip your ring finger in some wine and flick it three times in a row. When the host sees you, you won't be persuaded to drink anymore.However, if you neither play wine nor drink, the host will immediately hold up the wine glass, sing wine songs and dance, and come to persuade you to drink.If you don't drink, he will keep singing and dancing until you drink.

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