Tibetans mark their new year with a protest

TONGREN, China: It was an auspicious start to Losar, the Tibetan New Year: Snow fell across this mountain valley as red-robed Buddhist monks in a prayer hall began chanting and beating drums. But a monk watching the ritual Wednesday morning wanted to make one thing clear: The ceremony was one of mourning, not of celebration. […]

TONGREN, China: It was an auspicious start to Losar, the Tibetan New Year: Snow fell across this mountain valley as red-robed Buddhist monks in a prayer hall began chanting and beating drums.

But a monk watching the ritual Wednesday morning wanted to make one thing clear: The ceremony was one of mourning, not of celebration.

“There is no Losar,” he said. “They killed so many people last year.”


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