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Images: Tibetans mark New Year with protests, rituals

Feb 23, 2012  
      
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Perturbed over a series of self- immolations by Tibetans in China, Tibetan prime minister-in- exile Lobsang Sangay had asked his community not to celebrate 'Losar (Tibetan New Year)', on 22 February. However, he asked his people to take part in rituals and other spiritual activities for expressing solidarity with Tibetans suffering under alleged Chinese repression. The Tibetan parliament-in-exile based here has also urged their community across the world to shun Losar celebrations.

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A monk works at a temple located at a residential building block during the Tibetan New Year in Xining city in northwest China's Qinghai province. AP Photo

 

A Tibetan woman prays at a Tibetan monastery during the first day of New Year or "Losar" in Kathmandu. AP Photo

 

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (right) greets a devotee as he leaves after leading a prayer session on the first day of the Tibetan New Year at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharmsala. AP Photo

 

A Tibetan exile fixes prayer flags at the Boudhanath stupa on the first day of the Tibetan New Year in Katmandu. AP Photo

 

Elderly exiled Tibetan women pray as they mark the Tibetan New Year in New Delhi. AP Photo

 

Protesters display images of the Tibetans believed to have committed self-immolation in Tibet during a candlelight vigil outside the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong on the day of Losar. AP Photo

 

Protesters display images of the Tibetans believed to have committed self-immolation in Tibet on Tibetan New Year. AP Photo

 

 

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