Tibetans Working With Beautiful Landscape Scene In The Background - My Photo From Tibet From 1989

I took this photo in Tibet in 1989 while on a semester abroad. These are Tibetans involved in some kind of labor. Was this some type of agriculture or something else? I don't know. What is your best guess as to what they were doing?
In the background you get a nice landscape scene with mountains, blue sky, a few small white clouds, etc.