In an alarming show of force, hundreds of Chinese army troops were deployed into Tibet. Images emerging on-line from todays ‘Great Prayer Festival’ are few due to intensive censorship, yet show hundreds of troops, some combat ready and heavily armed surrounding the Buddhist Monastery in Kubum, Tibet.
Dossier Tibet reports:
Chinese authorities have imposed a heavy restriction on Tibetans during the final day of Tibetan Monlam Festival ceremony that took place in Kubum County, north-eastern Tibet, on Thursday. An unprecedented large number of Chinese troops with machine guns, riot gear, and military type vehicles deployed in hopes of preventing or stopping potential protest against Chinese rule at the Kubum Monastery in Amdho region, north-eastern Tibet, on March 5, 2015.
While armed Chinese troops often brutally enforcing nationalistic ideals on the streets of Tibet is a part of daily life for Tibetans under Chinese occupation, todays massive display of potentially deadly force should be a wake up call to the extremes that the Chinese authorities are willing to go in their efforts to erase Tibetan culture.
Dossier Tibet also reported:
Several monasteries in Amdho region, including Labrang Tashi Kyil monastery, Shitsang Garsar Monastery, Bora Monastery, Choney Monastery were also kept under constant surveillance during the festival.The Monlam Chenmo, also known as The Great Prayer Festival, is the most important Tibetan Buddhist celebration of the year. It falls on the 4th – 11th day of the 1st Tibetan Lunar month.
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