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Saka Dawa Restrictions

May 13, 2021;

Tibetans in Lhasa have been issued a notice by the authorities urging them to restrict their traditional religious practice during this holy month of Saka Dawa, usually a time for observing Buddhist practice and rituals. The reason given is to restrict the transmission of COVID-19, despite China’s claim that there has been only one case of COVID in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

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