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Festival Restricted

August 26, 2015;

The Phaphong Thangkor festival, a religious ceremony which happens every 12 years, has been restricted by the Chinese authorities. The nine-day long ceremony is underway now at the Reting Monastery in Chodhoe township, Lhundup County, and Tibetans who were attending were frisked and asked to present ID cards. A local source said the government condemned celebrations and dancing during the festival. Soldiers are patrolling the monastery and there are checkpoints.

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