Ｍｉｒａｃｌｅｓ　Ｓｈｏｗｎ　ｂｙ　Ｍａｒｒｉａｇｅ　Ｃｕｓｔｏｍｓ　ｉｎ　Ｓｏｐａ　Ｆｉｓｈｉｎｇ.docVIP

Ｍｉｒａｃｌｅｓ　Ｓｈｏｗｎ　ｂｙ　Ｍａｒｒｉａｇｅ　Ｃｕｓｔｏｍｓ　ｉｎ　Ｓｏｐａ　Ｆｉｓｈｉｎｇ 　　Sopa Village in Chushur County of Lhasa Municipality is the only village in Tibet with a fishing business. The unique culture of this village includes ancient traditional customs. One in particular is a strange marriage custom. 　　The village residents normally live in a single close-knit community; their main occupations are in the fishing business but they are also interested in some other side products, such as preparing hides. 　　 　　In Tibet, whenever attending festivals or camping on the grasslands, youth is accustomed to catching all possible opportunities for love and romance. However, this is not the case in Sopa Village; instead, girls and boys are not allowed to spend time together. For example, while camping, men are used to gathering together to enjoy food and music, but the girls sit separately to one side to frolic together. Such separation of entertainment between men and women is rarely seen in any other communities in Tibet. 　　Once engaged, the both families in Sopa Village must hold an engagement ceremony. The girls family should firstly visit the boys family, and then vice versa. Having become engaged, the girl and the boy can visit each other. For instance, the girl might visit the boys house and assist the boys mother to do some house works. In return, the boy might also help the girls family to do some labor work during the busy farming season. Nevertheless, the girl and boy would never be allowed a chance to get along with each other independently. 　　Once the engagement is declared, both families begin to talk about building a new house for them. Often, each family takes responsibility to build one and a half rooms￡-three new rooms in total. Each family should also provide a Tibetan style cabinet and a table as well. Other furniture may also be given but that depends on the wealth of each family. Usually, the more wealthy family gives more. Neither family would care for how many the othe