Tibetan New Year

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Updated On Feb 21, 2012 05:35 pm IST

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Workers set up the stage for a ceremony to mark the Tibetan New Year at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. Tibetan new year on February 22 is usually a time for festivities in China's ethnically Tibetan areas, but this year some are choosing not to celebrate after deadly unrest and a huge security clampdown. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 05:35 pm IST

Workers set up the stage for a ceremony to mark the Tibetan New Year at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. Tibetan new year on February 22 is usually a time for festivities in China's ethnically Tibetan areas, but this year some are choosing not to celebrate after deadly unrest and a huge security clampdown. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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A young monk stands in a prayer hall at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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A young monk stands in a prayer hall at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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Buddhist devotees gather to offer prayers at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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Buddhist devotees gather to offer prayers at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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Workers set up the stage for a ceremony to mark the Tibetan New Year at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 05:35 pm IST

Workers set up the stage for a ceremony to mark the Tibetan New Year at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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A worker puts up a Tibetan scroll for a ceremony to mark the Tibetan New Year at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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A worker puts up a Tibetan scroll for a ceremony to mark the Tibetan New Year at the Yonghegong Lama temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Goh Chai Hin

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Tibetan monks throw a skull effigy into flames during a Tibetan New Year ceremony at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston

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Tibetan monks throw a skull effigy into flames during a Tibetan New Year ceremony at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston

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Tibetan monks throw a skull effigy into flames during a Tibetan New Year ceremony at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 05:35 pm IST

Tibetan monks throw a skull effigy into flames during a Tibetan New Year ceremony at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston

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Tibetan monks dressed as demons attend a Tibetan New Year ceremony at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 05:35 pm IST

Tibetan monks dressed as demons attend a Tibetan New Year ceremony at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple in Beijing. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston

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Tibetan monks dressed as demons stand during a Tibetan New Year ceremony at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple in Beijing. Tibetan new year on February 22 is usually a time for festivities in China's ethnically Tibetan areas, but this year some are choosing not to celebrate after deadly unrest and a huge security clampdown. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston

Updated on Feb 21, 2012 05:35 pm IST

Tibetan monks dressed as demons stand during a Tibetan New Year ceremony at the Yonghe Temple, also known as the Lama Temple in Beijing. Tibetan new year on February 22 is usually a time for festivities in China's ethnically Tibetan areas, but this year some are choosing not to celebrate after deadly unrest and a huge security clampdown. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston

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